Coloring the Great Belt(With a bit of boat hopping in Hamburg)

August 2015Pictures by Krispen Atkinson

Where the idea came from……

Leaving Gatwick……

Views over London

Arrival at Hamburg, rude not to do a harbour trip (or two!)

Then a Grosshafenrundfahrt aboard this one……

Arrival at Kiel – this was the view from Hotel window

Down on the waterfront

Our next trip boat – down Kieler Forder

This is what it looked a few weeks later……

Day 2 - Kiel

The ship we would be going to Oslo on – Color Fantasy

Models in the Ferry Terminal

There’s a lot on board

The Atrium

The cabin

Outward bound from Kiel……

Passing the Kiel canal

Laboe memorial

Approaching the Great Belt Bridge

In the distance, the old Maersk Odense shipyard’s gantry can be seen

Danish Maritime Museum, Helsingor

Day 3 - Oslofjord

Another model, this time in the Oslo terminal

Oscarsborg Fortress – Sight of the Drobak battle in 1940

Which resulted in the loss of the German cruiser BLUCHER

Charlie Hill, Swinefleet

Faerder Lighthouse, entrance to Oslofjord

It can be lonely on deck

Late evening, passing Gothenburg

Fleet mate Color Magic passes by

The bar is invaded by pirates!

4am, Great Belt Bridge – seen from my bunk!

Day 4 – Passing Kiel Canal, inward bound

…..then back down to the Landungsbrucken for a few more trips around Hamburg’s port

Friday afternoon – everyone’s on the water enjoying the afternoon

One final German beer at the Flughafen before flying home

Late afternoon, looking westwards up the Thames (Tilbury on the right)