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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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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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Another round of Belfast
Having been here before twice and having seen the countryside the first time and the Titanic Museum the second time, we took our own walk around the City and did some shopping. Some random shots. And of course at stop at St. Anne’s Cathedral. We wrapped up our walk at…
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Kirkwall, Scotland
Situated on the Orkney Islands, we toured the Neolithic sites on the Island starting with the Standing Stones of Stenness following a brief drive. Then onto the Ring of Brodgar…older than Stonehenge. And next to it are these sweet cows. Last of the sites was Skara Brae. Stone underground houses…
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The Arctic Circle
When sailing from Isafjordur to Akureyri we crossed the Arctic Circle and thereafter crossed back out. Princess held a ceremony and everyone received a certificate to commemorate the event.
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Akureyri
Our last port of call in Iceland in the Northeast. We started our journey by driving out to Lake Myvatn. This is a area of considerable volcanic activity over years and years creating the natural beauty that is all around. We walked through Dimmuborgir, one of the lava fields in…
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Dynjandi Waterfall
Port of Isafjordur. We toured directly to Dynjandi for the waterfall from the port. About an hour drive drive through the Fjords and valleys. Serene, beautiful and remote. Hiked up to the top. Stunning from the bottom and from the top overlooking the fjord.
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Grundarfjordur
Second Iceland port. This is the western southern side of the Island; the home to the Snaefellesnes Peninsula and national park. Follow the tender operation from the ship, we made our way to our first stop. The vistas along the way are eye popping. The first stop is the Djupalonssandur…
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A stroll through Reykjavik
Our first port of call in Iceland is Reykjavik and the first images that greeted us had such natural beauty. Before the food tour (see other post) we strolled through the City from the Harpa Opera House… And the worked our way up to Hallgrimskirskja Church. And through the City…
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The food scene in Reykjavik
Spent most of our time in port today on a walking food tour with Wake Up Reykjavik. I had no idea how evolved and tasty the cuisine would be. Five delicious stops. The first was a grilled rack of lamb with a mustard herb salsa topping. Super tender and yummy.…
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