在Emden逛了一圈後，已經是下午兩點多了。我們選擇幾個有渡輪往弗里西亞群島的點，去看看次日往各個小島的時間表。然後就到Wittmund的酒店check-in。 It’s already 14pm after our short tour at Emden. We decided to go to some points at the coast to check the ferry schedule to the Wadden Islands for the next day. Then we went to Wittmund to check-in at Ringhotel.
Emden是Ostfriesland（德語），或East Frisia/Eastern Friesland（英語）的城市和要港，位於Ems河的出口，面向荷蘭的Groningen省。這是第一站，除了在市中心走了一圈，我們還去坐船參觀這裡的港口。 Emden is the main city and habour of Ostfriesland (DE), or East Frisia/Eastern Friesland (EN) of Germany. Beside having a walk in the city centre, we also joined a boat tour to visit the habour.
趁著聖靈降臨日有連假，我們決定到德國的Ostfriesland來個兩天一夜的小旅行。 During the Pentecost holiday (Pinksteren in Dutch), we went to Ostfriesland at Germany to have a 2D1N trip.
繼續我們的路程。 Continue our journey.
趁週末好天氣，我們帶著從台灣來的美眉，來個荷德一日遊，主攻荷蘭東部Ruurlo的仙人掌綠洲及萊茵河從德國進入荷蘭那一帶的城鎮。 Just don’t want to waste the beautiful weather in early spring, we took an one-day-trip to visit the Cactus Oase Family Park in Ruurlo and the cities around the area where the Rhein enters the Netherlands.
阿亨大教堂，或阿亨主教座堂，是北歐最古老的大教堂，為著名的世界文化遺產之一。（參考維基，或百度） Aachen Cathedral, or Aachen Dom, is the oldest Cathedral of Northern Europe, one of the UNESCO world heritage. (See wikipedia)
聖誕節前夕，去德國的聖誕市集享受節日來臨的氣氛，是我們常有的年底活動。今年，我們就選擇去阿亨（也譯為亞琛）Aachen逛聖誕市集。 Christmas is coming soon. Many cities in Germany start their Christmas markets from end of November already. This year, we visited Aachen Christmas Market.
今年，我們留在歐洲過暑假，來了個「德奧克意瑞行」，為期十六天、走過五個國家、開了4850公里路。此行的主打目標是阿爾卑斯山脈和克羅地亞的十六湖國家公園。 This year, we enjoyed our summer holidays in Europe. We have travelled 4.850km by car in 16 days, across five countries (Germany, Austria, Croatia, Italy & Switzerland) . The main spots to visit are Alps and Plitvice Lakes of Croatia.
在往Essen的路上，我們一直以為沒來過這裡的聖誕市集。結果，越逛就越有熟悉感，在看到市集裡的摩天輪後，才發現原來我們曾經來過這兒，只因為那次的天氣不好，草草逛了一小段就打道回府了。