The harbour master in Galway knew: If you get up early, you get more out of the day.
So we set off, today to the Caribbean. Or South Seas. Already in Scotland we were sometimes really surprised how white the beaches, how clear the water and how turquoise the sea can shine.
While the day began in the typical grey of rain, the clouds are moving away more and more. On the coral beach we collect tiny bone-like limestone coral remains. The hike there on the beach ruffles our hair and makes us freeze. The wind is strong and we just don't feel like being shaken here in Felix.
Heinrich Böll writes in his "Irish Diary" about the different blues of the sea. While the audio book sounds through Felix's loudspeakers and we follow Heinrich Böll's acoustically on our own journey to Ireland, we end up on a double beach. Here we understand what he means by the blueness.
So, the day is still young and the South Seas await us at Gurteen & Dogs Bay. But what we don't know beforehand.
Felix stands in the front row at the beach car park, Gerd crawls into the nest a little overtired (you move him around the house once and he's tired for days!) and I throw off my shoes, roll up my trousers and hike the Caribbean.
As my bare feet tread the clear water and white beach, I remember what cognitive dissonance is: I had really suspected that this must be warmer somehow. Now that the sun was shining too and Felix felt like a sauna, I had definitely assumed that the North Atlantic here was bathtub temperature. But it wasn't. No bathing and all that.
Again and again I realise (I have to feel it, it has nothing to do with logic!) why the bathers here all and exclusively go into the water with neoprene suits.
After a long walk to cool my feet, I arrive fresh and alert at my husband's, who, I hope, has had a good night's sleep and with whom I can discuss the rest of the day. Let's see what today brings us. For my part, I could stay here for days.
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Good morning.
Beautiful colours of the water. ❤️
Really like in the Caribbean.
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Good morning! Yes, we have been fascinated every time we have seen it. And never, ever would have expected it up here!
Kind regards - Heike
I felt that way in Sardinia a few years ago. 👍
If I had known earlier how beautiful it is there, I would never have flown to the Caribbean.
Would have saved a lot of money, time and resources.
Well, you're always smarter afterwards. 😁😉
But there's something about the Caribbean too... All those coconuts, mangoes and Caribbean feelings alone....
Kind regards - Heike