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As a rule, I don’t write cruise reviews, or even say much about ships we’ve been on. I guess you have to really separate Caribbean cruises from other types. They seem to be in a class all their own (you can decide if that’s good of bad). When we’ve cruised, we have selected the trips based on itineraries and they are usually far from the Caribbean. I prefer smaller, casual ships and… Read More
We sailed on the AmaWaterways Prima for a spring trip in the Netherlands and Belgium during tulip season. It was a delightful trip and I would recommend the itinerary for couples as well as groups of friends. It was a seven-day river cruise that departed and returned from Amsterdam. In addition to Amsterdam, our itinerary included: Hoorn, Middelburg, Kinderkijk, Rotterdam, and Gouda in the Netherlands along with Ghent, Antwerp, and Bruges in Belgium. You can click on the… Read More
I know I’ve had it during trivia games: “What is the largest port in Europe?” Answer: Rotterdam. During my recent river cruise during tulip season, we docked on the Meuse River in Rotterdam, a thoroughly modern city, rebuilt after devastating bombing during World War II. There were so many things I wanted to see in the area, I skipped over most of Rotterdam, only seeing enough to appreciate a tiny bit of the… Read More
