10.09.2012-11.09.2012 - Second transportation to

Bremerhaven

(Preparation of the cruise ANT-XXIX/3)

10.09.2012 (Monday). We drive to Bremerhaven with the second series of boxes. We leave Brussels around 07:15 and we arrive in Bremerhaven just after 13:00. We go to the custom office of Bremerhaven (where everything is done in 5 minutes) and then we go to the shed of the AWI. The van is quickly unloaded. No superheavy box this time. When leaving the international part of the harbour, the guys of the customs ask us some questions and then leave us to go. We go to the hotel. The owner of the hostel tells us that we have to be very careful because there are control for cars parked at the wrong place. Five minutes after we move the van, the controllers arrive and start to distribute generous fines to other cars... I go to the office of Christoph Held for discussing of the mission. Then, as I have some spare time, I visit the U-boat of WWII of the harbour of Bremerhaven and the maritime museum. A big and very interesting museum. Unfortunately it was already late and I had not the time to see everything. There are every kinds of foreign restaurants and snacks in Bremerhaven but it is difficult to find restaurants serving normal German dishes. So I was very happy to find a restaurant where I could eat a 'Schweinesteak mit Gemüse und Pilzen'.

11.09.2012 (Tuesday). I pick up a box of extraction products for Charlotte Havermans from the freezers of the AWI. We left Bremerhaven around 09:00 and arrive at Brussels around 16:00. A long part of the voyage occurs under the rain, sometimes serious rain showers.

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