The trip to Borkum

Last week we had this year's family vacation.  We went to the North Sea island of Borkum this year.  My first trip to the north of Germany.  We decided on Borkum after a discovery on google maps that the coast was a reasonable 6 hour drive.  This was closer than we thought it would be and decided to give this destination a chance.

I did not take any photos of the drive there, but I can sum it up with "bland."   Between our town and Emden where the ferry is located, it is pretty much uninterrupted highway driving.  Just a long flat road with trees along the sides for six hours.  No exciting scenery, and it was a pretty boring drive.  Once we arrived at the ferry, the party started.  Liam had been looking forward to riding on a boat with the car for a while and he was pretty satisfied with the look of the harbour.  We pulled into the queue and waited for loading on the boat.

 The boys were very very good for the car ride there.  We had left Entringen at 5am to make our ferry and they had slept for a good portion of the journey.  They have both always been very good car travellers, and there were no complaints.  Here you see after 6+ hours, they still look jolly as we wait on the ferry.

 After getting loaded on the ferry, we went upstairs and found a nice spot on the deck.  It was a nice sunny day, so sitting out on the boat was a pleasure.  Henrik is in the mighty "ERGOBABY" carrier and having a fun time and this is one of the few moments that Liam was sitting still.  He was running all over the boat in a frenzy of excitement.

 With typical German efficiency, the ferry horn blew right on time and we pulled away from the gates and headed out on the 2.5 hour boat ride to the island.

 At first the ride was nice, and we enjoyed looking at the giant boats in the harbour and the many many windmills along the coast.  After a while it became quite windy and cool and we went below to the cafe to ride the rest of the way.

 Off the ferry and a 6km drive along the island took us to our holiday apartment.  Next update I will venture inside there.  On the whole, the trip there went perfectly, no problems related to kids, cars, traffic or other potential hazards.