Category: On Land
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Travels With a Wine Focus
There are four pillars to our travels: food, wine, land and sea. This article is all about the wine and why it is part of our travel philosophy. As we began to travel more and more, we noticed that each place we visited we would learn, almost by accident, about…
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Netherlands Pre-Cruise Roundup
We have found it advisable to travel to our embarkation country if not the city itself a few days before the cruise begins especially when traveling overseas. So many things can disrupt the best planned travel. We have had canceled flights, weather, trains shut down etc. Additionally for international flights…
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A Stop Over in Rotterdam
After a final morning walk through Delft, we hopped a quick train to Rotterdam for a leisurely day before boarding our first Holland America ship, the Rotterdam. Hit the sites with the famous cube houses. St Lawrence church that largely survived the WWII bombings. And of course there is Markethal. …
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A Day in Delft
We made our way by train to the the quaint city of Delft. In many ways a smaller, calmer version of Amsterdam (also absent was the billowing marijuana clouds). We stayed at the very cool Hotel Arsenaal. Built out of the old arsenal on the canals. Super cool. Now the…
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Art & Farewell
Our last morning in Amsterdam was spent at the Van Gogh Museum. An intensive walk through the life of an artistic marvel. Laid out as if walking through his life and witnessing his evolution of styles was quite interesting. Then off to Delft.
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An Evening to Remember
To cap off a wonderful day we passed back through to the edge of Jordaan to a small restaurant, The Good Companion. It has a small all seafood menu that changes regularly, broken down into bar bites, small plates and large plates. We opted for bar bites of a seafood…
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Amsterdam Arrival
So we begin yet another adventure. We arrived in Amsterdam midday today following as uneventful flight and a quick train ride from the airport to the city center arriving at the stunning Amsterdam Centraal. After checking into the INK Hotel, we wondered through the city center including damrak. With a…
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A London Afternoon
Due to flight schedules, we decided to take a flight first thing tomorrow morning. So after disembarking this morning, we hopped a train to London for the afternoon and overnight. Staying near Paddington Station so we can get to Heathrow easy at the crack of dawn, we wondered through the…
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Oxford Colleges
Spent the day walking through the winding streets of the various colleges. Every turn brought stunning glimpses into history and education. A light walk along the Thames to The Punter Pub for a vegetarian lunch. A few more views and a proper steak and ale pie at The Victoria for…
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Oxford to Oxford
All in a day. We start of new adventure in Oxford UK from our home in Oxford US. Day one after our flight and the train to get here was a stroll through Christ Church College. Off to a relaxing boat ride down the Thames and a break for a…
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A Day in Athens
The cruise portion of this adventure came to an end in Athens. After getting to our hotel super early, we strolled through the national garden and saw the official guards. And found ourselves at a church! All leading up to meeting for our food tour. After a rest…the Acropolis. Not…
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A slow and relaxing afternoon is Rome
Today was our afternoon/night layover in Rome connecting our land adventure with our sea adventure. Arrived around noon via train from Bologna, had lunch, relaxed on the rooftop lounge overlooking the city and had some true roman pasta for dinner. Off to the ship in the morning!
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May Day in Bologna
Well this is our second holiday in Italy on this trip. Who knew May day (here it’s their labor day) was such a massive holiday? Concerts, labor unions recruiting, people everywhere crowding the streets. It was a good day to stay low key or at least try. Started early with…
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Bologna…a day of food
We participated in a small group food tour with Delicious Bologna. We hit all the major dishes and traditions of Bologna starting with a propr espresso and cornett. Next up was watching the traditional tortellini making. Stunning craftsmanship by these ladies. Then into the street markets for a view of…
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Bologna
La Rossa (the red), La Dotta (the learned) and La Grassa (the fat). Let’s explore. The learned is the easiest with the first and oldest university in Italy located here. The red is for all the buildings/ roofs. See from our hotel room. And the fat…well we had to try…
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