Hello again,
we just say hello again again ... Today is Monday again and the blog will be written ... In This week we have really become our regular end ... at least almost ... The kids get to clock 15.30 in the school .. and by 5 clock starts getting dark .... where last week we were both free on Tuesday again. The first autumn storm had moved across the Atlantic. The waves were higher than normal LTL. Prediction, it should around 17 ft. So that's about. have been 4-5m waves. Tine and I went out to the "island" as the advanced means of land from St. Ives and have let the wind whistle around our ears. When it started raining, we went to the cafe on the beach ... Porthgwidden
A large window overlooking the beach and the ocean gives one the feeling of being right in the middle .. only that you can not hear the wind and not get wet from the rain. Fantastic ....
But nice to the English. Who is restless and impatient, should come from just ... In Tea - Shop, for example, were two nice gentlemen ... there was not much going on and I was again asked, "Sorry, where do you come from" ... it was a nice conversation and I learned that Shirley and Jack from London to come here and have an apartment in St. Ives and come as often as possible ...
The one time or another we have mentioned that the roads are in St. Ives sooo straight and narrow ...
The side streets in the city are therefore often one-way streets, and then gets out of order sometimes fast ne portion of "Fish & Chips' to pick up, then stop to wait 5 or 10 cars turn back ... because no honking and no one moves on ... (yes, I know, honk at McDonalds in Germany, no one here but is there any Fish & Chip "Drive Inn ")....
at the weekend were two "trips" on our program. Saturday we wanted to go to Falmouth, Newquay Sunday after ... In Falmouth we were, Sunday, we have let the rain stop us from driving to Newquay .. .. and were in Penzance
Falmouth's by our relatively unknown in Germany, unless you're sailing fan and is interested in explorers, ... Falmouth to Sydney and ... (I find it not just one ...) the third-largest natural harbor in the world ... In addition, the National Maritime Museum Cornwall and a marina ... but which is not accessible to everyone ... unless the door is open and you just go through ... to have a look on a quiet Saturday lunch time the yachts at close ... what have we done to ... For example, there are two great yachts ... "Rebecca" is a sailing yacht, the rudder has an estimated diameter of 1.5 m and a length of about 45m ... (There were 47 large steps) MADNESS ... the ship is sooo big that it does not at all on his little camera ...
was also there's the "Steel" ... Port of Georgetown ... While no sailing, but about 50 steps long ... The other two dozen ships, we have looked comfortable .. we wanted to go ... but .... the door was now too .... goes even further back there .... So look for other starting ... Now we come back to the nice British ... was just a scrub on his yacht ... (After one just has so much paid for ne yacht, leaving no money for staff ...) and has even smiled at us when we came to his yacht over ... since we are Then stop back and said .. "we are lost" (that would absolutely say no in D. ... "I lost" sounds somehow heads off to ... but here it's just different ... well without hesitation he laid aside his mop and accompanied us to the starting ... a brief conversation and we knew also where Jacob's Ladder, is from which one can survey a large part of the port .. (but we did not manage To get there ... we stand out for next time on ...)
After we were happy and content again, "free", we walked towards dry docks at times by Fryderyk Chopin ausschau to ... Keep Samuel's our sailing ship - freak and has a few books about it ... in a book is the Fryderyk Chopin .. a vessel under the Polish flag, which brings together youth from all over the world to sail around the world .. On 29 October the Chopin came off the Scilly Islands in a storm and broke both masts ... Thus, risk was announced and the crew was an SOS signal. A ship from the vicinity came to Chopin to take in tow. The Lifeboats of Scilly and Sennen Cove (you know it, our local "hot chocolate") in advanced to be able to take just in case the crew. The ship, however, could be held safely in the port of Falmouth, where we then discovered on Saturday to ... Currently it will be repaired ... there is no one's on something ...
Sunday we were in Penzance, there was another sailing ship, the Earl of Pembroke "are in dry dock to be prepared for the winter ... The ship is known in England as it is "played" in the series "Hornblower" and other TV and film productions has ... Well, unfortunately it was gone ... for that we were in the "Morrab Garden", a public park that is located in Penzance. The garden has many exotic plants, including camellias, and stood at the Guide ... "can sometimes be seen blooming at Christmas in the Park, the camellias ... So if nothing extraordinary happens, it is this Year at any rate so ... there are already some of the bloom and the bushes are full of buds ...
A few pictures are attached ...
much from us for this week ... Greetings from the island of Tine, Harry and boys ...
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