A song beginning with H to keep you company ....
Hold My Heart is about long distance romance and a solution to it.
** all photos are mine, unless otherwise stated.
We've travelled around Germany and Holland for many years - and a few years ago we played on Hallig Hooge .... a tiny island out in the middle of the North Sea .... In fact a hallig is smaller than an island - really more like a silt deposit - Wikepedia defines it as "a small island without a protective dyke ... off the North West Coast of Germany". There are 10 of them attached to Germany and a few more both to the North part of Denmark, and to the south, part of Holland. The word comes from Hal which means salt....
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That's the Hallig in the distance - barely visible above the horizon |
They've had the most interesting past .... all the houses are built on Wafts, small hills and the island is covered with dykes ....
So that when a storm comes, the houses stay above water and the animals can quickly be brought into shelter.... We've never been there during a storm, but it's so much a part of the island's story that travellers come to see the storms as a tourist attraction almost.
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A Waft in the distance on a very grey day last May |
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The weather had cleared up later in the day |
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our residence for the night |
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photo from the Internet |
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Photo from the Internet |
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Stock picture from the internet |
At one time, the church was flooded so badly that they now have no fixed tiles on the floor there, just sand, so that if there's a big storm it's not going to destroy everything before it and when the waters subside the building will still be intact.
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Among the many tourists who visit Hallig Hooge, are the Canada Geese ... Every year they arrive in their thousands. |
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I love these seaside seats - so you can be outside to have a coffee or a beer and still be sheltered with a blanket over your knees .... very civilised. |
There's an obvious Dutch influence here .... this cafe bar where we played has 150 year old tiles all around the walls - they have a big problem replacing them if any get broken.

and I loved our hotel room - this is typical of German hotels - king size beds with single duvets .... nobody's going to steal your blankets in the night :)
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The view from our room - right out to sea. |
Those are amazing photos! Thanks for sharing them :)
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