A better picture of Elles, taken by Sander who was tall enough to see over the fence (I, alas, was not). 

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A cute little shack in the dunes behind EcoMare. Apparently lots of Dutchies used to build these from stuff washed up on the shore (there\'s even a Strandjuttersmuseum--Beach Comber\'s museum). 

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A house on Texel! It\'s just sitting there, in the middle of a huge field. I thought it looked cute. 

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A lovely part of the bike path. It\'s blurry because I had to jump out of the way for some cyclists. 

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And here\'s the middle!! 

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And here\'s what we came to see... seals! We visited a place called EcoMare which is a sanctuary for seals. 

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Another fish is hiding, not so well. 

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A view of the dune park. It is huge, goes on for miles. I was too tired to look around more and besides we had to get our bikes back to the rental place by 6. 

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A view out over Texel from the steps up to the boat. Note ubiquitous bike shed. 

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A weird-arse tower in the middle of Den Helder. It\'s the tallest thing there. 

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Here\'s the front!! 

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I don\'t remember which was this was pointing. Possibly back towards Texel? 

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Just swimmin\' around, waiting for the foodz. 

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Me trying to get a picture of a swimming seal through the underwater windows. Here\'s the end! (They have really nasty looking claws). 

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Most of the rescued seals are released back into the wild but some (eg those that are blind, heavily injured, ex-circus, etc) stay here permanently. 

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One of the sick seals in the special recovery pens. She will be released when she\'s better. 

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One of the Texel ferries (the one we didn\'t catch). 

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Ooh ooh food lady arriveth! The seagulls follow the feeding from tank-to-tank. They have an extra fish allowance for the seaguls (who will steal it out of the feeder\'s hand if she\'s not careful!) 

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Our ship pulling up! Although it looks like it\'s pulling out and leaving us behind sobX0r. 

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Pulling away from the mainland. First time I\'ve been off mainland European soil for... well, since Christmas. That\'s not that long ago actually. 

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Pulling out of Texel. Buh-bye! 

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Sander and the third course of the meal, which was delicious. He even tried to eat the carrot decoration. The people behind us smoked a cigarette between every course. 

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Sander stopped and took another picture of sheep. I think he liked the (baa-baa) Black Sheep with its lamb. 

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Sander took an excellent picture of a fence. Well done! 

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