26th Day - day 26 (for German scroll down)

By now, I'm turning into a crybaby... everything is so beautiful here, it keeps touching my emotional side. Waking up relaxed, having breakfast on the balcony, birds singing, the sound of the sea - it's perfect. Eventually, we headed south. We drove through a few sleepy, charming villages and arrived at a 'Glass Beach'. Instead of sand, there are small pieces of glass that have been smoothed by the sea, with beautiful rounded edges. We collected some as good luck charms and then we hired a catamaran for an afternoon/sunset tour. The route was similar to the helicopter flight, but the perspective was different. The beauty of the cliffs was just as amazing, but they were closer and more impressive. One of those cliffs is even higher than the Empire State Building... it's mind-blowing. Humpback whales and dolphins cruise around here between November and April. Since it was May 1st, they were on vacation. Not seeing them didn't take away from the uniqueness of the tour. It was breathtaking. Boat trips like this have a meditative quality. You sit there, look into the distance, the waves rock and your thoughts wander. (Greetings to Angie at this point 😉) Sometimes we were interrupted in our deep relaxation because the sea was quite rough and regular splashes of sea spray would soak us, but the wind would quickly dry us off. They took great care of us, with excellent food and for the sunset, we enjoyed champagne from a plastic bottle while listening to Freddie Mercury's 'We Will Rock You'. I love the Americans!

I am starting to become a crybaby…. Everything is so beautiful, that I am so overwhelmed and tears shoot out of my eyes… We had a good sleep in, breakfast on the balcony, birds singing, the sound of the sea in the background – heaven. Eventually we took off towards south. We drove through a few sleepy villages until we arrived at a 'Glass Beach'. Instead of sand there are small glass fragments with round edges washed out by the sea. We collected a few to use them as lucky charms. Then we boarded a Catamaran for an Afternoon/Sunset turn. The route was similar to the helicopter flight, but the perspective was different. The beauty of the Rocks where still there, but they were closer and so imposing. Such a rock is higher than the Empire State Building…. And there are hundreds of them – beyond comprehension. Wales and dolphins can be spotted here between November and April. Since it is the 1. May – they are on holiday now. The fact that we did not see them did not lesser the beauty of this trip. It was breathtaking. Such ship trips do have something meditative on them. You just sit there, gaze into the horizon, the waves rock the boat and your thoughts wander. (Greeting to Angie 😉). Sometimes we were ripped out of our deep relaxation status, as some waves made it up to us, drenched us and the wind dried us just as quickly again. They really looked well after us, plenty of food and drinks, for the sunset they offered Champagne from the plastic bottle and Freddie mercury’s “we will rock you”. I love the Americans!