LL-L "Travel" 2009.08.21 (02) [EN]

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From: Roger Thijs, Euro-Support, Inc. roger.thijs at euro-support.be
Subject: LL-L "Travel" 2011.08.07 (04) [EN]

> From: Jacqueline Bungenberg de Jong Dutchmatters at comcast.net
> Subject: LL-L "Travel" 2011.08.07 (02) [EN]
> Your trip on the Kalmar Nyckel sounds like fun. I am interested, because
it would be a perfect anniversary gift for my daughter and her hubby when
they are back States side next year. So let me know!!!


Hello Jacqueline,

I did the morning trip last Thursday August 18, 9 to 11:30 am.

Boarding in Lewes DE is at a little pier just East of the “Cape May-Lewes”
Ferry terminal. One can park for free at the parking lot for the “walk-on”
passengers of the ferry.

Pse verify ahead at http://www.kalmarnyckel.org/ whether the ship is docked
in Lewes for your choosen date. The ship actually participates at events
along the New England and Mid Atlantic coasts.

The crew on the ship are volunteers, staying on board for several weeks,
working for free, actually working for getting a sailing certificat after an
exam at the end of the training period. (When leaving you will be invited
for tipping to cover their costs).

We were only 6 passengers, but they sailed anyhow since it is a training
exercise for the crew, and the ship is an attraction for the tourists at the
Delaware beaches. So the route is a few miles distant from and along  the
coast.

One stays on deck all the time. Since the sun may be burning in the summer,
protective skin cream is adviced. Some of the crew are made free from time
to time to explain things to the passengers.

On ship some souvenirs are sold. I bought a book: “C.A. Weslager, A man and
his ship, Peter Minuit and the Kalmar Nyckel”, 1990, second printing 2007,
xii + 225 pp. For completing: Minuit has well been born in Wesel
(Kleverland), but his family were walloon religious fugitives from Tournai
(Doornik). I paid USD 15 on board, it was priced 16 USD in a Wilmington book
shop.

For who is interested in sailing, I would recommend the nautical map:
“GMCO’s Pro Series Chart of Delaware Bay, with GPS and Loran C”, USD 9.95 at
the 9th St Book Shop downtown Wilmington DE.

Hotel rates are quite high in the beach area in the Summer. I stayed inland
in a Comfort Inn in Georgetown at 30 minutes driving distance. Be aware that
radar control is frequent in the area. I was flashed in Milton a couple of
months ago.

There is a little shop with restaurant at the ferry terminal, as well as an
open bar eatery (I had a “half-and-half” (onion rings and fries) appetizer
at the bar, and the basket, it was served in, was that large and full, that
I couldn’t come to order an entrée afterwards).

I would recommend to combine with:

- a visit to the Dutch Zwaanendael museum downtown Lewes
http://www.beach-net.com/Thingszwaanendael.html

- a ferry trip to Cape May (takes 80 minutes single trip), frequency from 14
departures a day each side in the summer to 4 in the winter. It is a
combined car / walk-on-passengers service. http://www.cmlf.com/ The area is
full of Dutch history. The cape got its name from Cornelis Jacobsen May/Mey,
born in Schellinkhout-Hoorn.

And most certainly with, 100 miles to the North:

- the old center of “New Castle” (New Amstel) around the Green
http://nc-chap.org/maps/historic_sites/.

Regards,

Roger

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