Category: Western Europe
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Kiel: The Sailing City
This morning we sailed down the Kiel Fjord from the Baltic Sea. Kiel is the capital of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein and has a significant maritime ship building industry. Located in what was the former West Germany near Denmark, it was largely destroyed in WWII and rebuilt in a…
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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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Canals and Jordaan walking food and history tour
A beautiful blue Spring sky greeted us this morning bright and early for an 8am canal boat tour on a wooden boat built in 1928, the jonckvrouw. We boarded with seven others to share a 90 minute early morning cruise through the canals with our guide Jan (fantastic guide and…
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