First pictures on the road
Water bridge near Magdeburg - One canal actually crosses the other!
Matthias on the water bridge
Another shot of the water bridge
Matthias at our lunch spot
Some early scenery
Pretty bridge
Pretty bridge on the trail
Old East-West border
Matthias on the dike - and a crane
On one of the many ferry trips
Spice market in Hamburg
Hamburg
Huge ship in Hamburg
Two ships crossing in Hamburg
Blankenese - pretty area of hamburg
Near Stade - north of Hamburg
Matthias and the sheep
"hanging ferry"
North sea "beach" with wind shelters
On the north sea
More of the north sea
Horses crossing to an island at low tide
Our bikes at a rest stop
Fishing boat in Wremen
Fishing boats
Port of Wremen
Statue in Bremerhaven
Sailboats in Bremerhaven
Kite festival in Eckwarden
Our campsite under the kites
Lunch spot on the trail
Judy in the mud at low tide
Matthias on Langeroog Island - in the rain!
Campsite we didn't stay at in Langeroog
Greetsiel
Choices of bike trails near our campsite
Matthias and the sea
Almost high tide
Matthias returning from sea
Almost a new calf!
Matthias on a bridge - to the Netherlands
Moddergat, NL
Cute fishing town
Campsite in Moddergat
More riding in Holland
Harlingen, NL
Ships in Harlingen
Enjoying our coffee at the campsite
Riding along the dike
Matthias on the trail
Ship from the long dike crossing (about 30km across)
Judy on the Dike
Matthias on the dike
Nice sailboat
Matthias still on the dike
Typical Dutch windmill
Fowl!
On the narrow path
Back on the sea
Riding along the dunes
Matthias on the dunes
Seaside resort of Zandvoort, near Haarlem
Zandvoort
Riding toward Den Haag (The Hague)
Thought this might be the international court in The Hague (wondered if I would be able to "recognize" it.)
More of the dunes
Greenhouses and greenhouses - Matthias says this is where Germany's tomatoes come from. Flowers, too.
View from another long dike
From the dike crossing
More of the dike, from the other side
North sea beach
More of the beach
Riding by the beach
Judy on a break
Using the self timer
town of Ouddorp, NL (I think)
Another of Ouddorp
Middelburg, NL - from the library terrace
Middelburg
On the ferry
Sailboat from the ferry
Last windmill in Holland
Last Dutch town
On the trail in Belgium
Markt square in Brugge
Market square again.
Brugge
In a bar in Brugge
Street scene in Brugge
On the way to the ferry