Day 42 - Harlingen

Tuesday 14^th July 2015 – Harlingen – Day 42

It is another warm day but overcast.  The yacht alongside us left at 08.45 and thereafter a convoy of boats, also moved out every half-hour, when the bridge was open.

With sufficient space, we also moved across the dock to one of the vacant pontoons and would be happy there for the rest of the day.

Street behind marina

Jack and Dave wandered off at lunch time, to explore the town but Jack came back early feeling very tired, maybe he has not fully recovered from the cycle ride on Texel.

Fine buildings around marina

In the evening Dave and myself went off to the supermarket for stores before exploring more of the town, ending up on the high street, sitting outside a bar enjoying the beer and watching the world go by.

At 20.00 we went into the Chinese restaurant ‘Xin Hua’, where we had an excellent meal of pork dumplings, then more pork with prawns with a bottle of white wine, highly recommended.

Back to the marina and into the ‘Noorderporte’ bar, the lady behind the bar appeared to be not too happy but we struggled on, as she began to mellow.  While another lady at the end of the bar, gave us wonderful information on the Frisian Islands our next stop.

It is now the school holidays and ever one who has a boat takes to the water, especially to the island of Vlieland, where they have been known to close the por,t because of too many wishing to enter and you have to anchor.  Not the best option, I thanked her for this very important information.

Left the bar at midnight to find the marina full of boats once more, looking forward to tomorrow and the escape to the islands.