We can see now that the whole peninsula we are on is a great play land. There is beach resort stuff at the coast and quiet country roads for cycling in the interior. The little towns of the interior, though, are a bit boring because they are mostly residential and lack churches, squares, and cafes.
The Budjadingen peninsula, features maybe a dozen little communities. We cycled through most of them, sometimes twice! (but not on purpose)
The exit from the peninsula is the ferry at Blexen. There is a view there of the Bremerhaven skyline, with a sign explaining what the buildings are. Bremerhaven does have quite a few new and interesting buildings, but we are not talking about New York, or even Vancouver.
It seems our quest for a Schwalbe 40-406 tire is becoming a good excuse for extended tours of cities. We tracked down ttwo shops in Bremerhaven, but neither was any help. They say Cuxhaven has some great shops - so hope springs eternal.
Bike shoop number one. Did not get a shot of number two, but neither could help us.
Bremerhaven was a major U-Boat base, which accounts for this one being here. I think it also accounts for the lack of old buildings around the town.
U Boat Wilhelm Bauer. This is a "type 21" commissioned in 1945 but never used. It was scuttled by its crew in the Baltic but later raised and restored.
So much great looking farm equipment, cars, and vans going in or out. I was so jealous of all the vans. How hard would it be for them to ship just one our way??
It ws deja vu all over again as we rolled up to Dorum, by the dike. There was a carbon copy of last night's camping (even the same company) , with a nearby strip with tourist food and services. The only difference was that we found a large covered shelter, with three long picnic tables in it. This was great, because there was almost no one around and because the rain was continuing on and off. So we could prepare our supper and write this blog in comfort. Our plan is also to not put up the tent - either inside or outside the shelter, but just to throw down our bags on the floor.
We have been joined at the table now by a young couple, Simon and Sabrina from Switzerland. They are cycling from Amsterdam to Berlin. Needless to say, we had a grand time talking shop.
