A DAY IN THE PORT OF HARLINGEN NETHERLANDS:
I must jump ahead on our day here. We had separated from our walking tour to make our way to a local grocery store. As we wandered the streets we came across five Stolpersteine (in English: “stumbling stones”). Scattered throughout Europe, planted in city streets and sidewalks, commemorative brass plaques eternalize the lives that were lost in the Holocaust. Called the Stolpersteine (in English: “stumbling stones”), the plaques commemorate the victims of the Nazi regime. These memorials are always sobering to me, we should learn from history and never forget.
Harlingen is a municipality and a city in the northern Netherlands, in the province of Friesland on the coast of Wadden Sea. Harlingen is a town with a long history of fishing and shipping.
We started with a walking tour where we learned of the reclamation of the land. I was enthralled with the architecture of the little houses and the waterways.
We wandered the streets and found a local grocery store before returning to the ship. Cookies are great.
Sailing towards the English Channel we spotted some seals in the distance.
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