Vast...

... or as we call it in German:

Unendliche Weite

 

That's what we call a beach... ;-)

Summer memories - part 2

A very special experience: land sailing on the endless beach of the Danish island Rømø 

 

I had the once-in-a-lifetime chance to try out the dragster-style blokart (Strandsegler) of the reigning vice world champion in the standard class of blokarts.

 

I felt like Michael Schumacher - on sand.

 

Photo finish at a (felt) top speed of about 500 km per hour... ;-)

 

The queen of blokart dragster.

 

Land sailing as well as kite buggying obviously really can be addictive!

 

Hundreds of blokarts and kite buggies populate the Rømø beach in summer time. But there's still enough free space for everyone. 

 

Summer memories - part 1

Recent weekend the winter really found its way into whole Germany with temperatures below the freezing point and the first snowfall even in the lowlands.

The sky was (and still is) covered with an uninspiring grey and it's lousily cold when you move a foot in front of your doorstep.

So why shoud I not create some "good vibrations" by bringing back some summer memories???

If you like, please accompany me on my trip back to this year's summer on the North Sea coast.

In August 2009 we went on an excursion by ferry from the German island Sylt to the Danish neighbour island Rømø.

 

Blue sky, sunshine, quiet/calm/silence/rest, the sea, sandy beaches - what more could one want??? 

Rømø is known for its incredible wide sandy beach.

The North Sea continuously washes up tons of sand with each flood ahead of the island of Rømø, so that it grows and grows permanently.

Sylt in contrast suffers under the constant loss of sand with each massive storm tide.

Although they are neighbours within sight, the two sandy islands Sylt and Rømø are of a totally different character, especially their beaches.

 

 The Sylt-Rømø ferry travels apparently over land.

 family beach happiness

The sandy dunes in the background are from the island of Sylt!

 

 photographer's beach happiness / fortune

 Rømø beach - a paradise for shell seekers.

 For those who are to weak / feeble to walk to the shoreline...

 No mountain blocks the free sight to the horizon!