We woke up excited to be boarding the Nieuw Statendam today. Before heading down to the breakfast room, we had some coffee in the room. The complimentary meal wasn't great but sufficed as we knew there were lots of good meals to come. Steve did make a waffle while I had the … [Read more...] about Nieuw Statendam: Embarkation
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Nieuw Statendam: Pre-Cruise Travel
As usual for me I had pretrip sleep issues and finally got up at 2:30 am as I couldn't get back to sleep for fear of oversleeping and excitement for our Nieuw Statendam cruise. I would say we did our normal morning routine except we didn't have our dog at home there to take … [Read more...] about Nieuw Statendam: Pre-Cruise Travel
Nieuw Amsterdam: Disembarkation
Our last night's sleep on Nieuw Amsterdam was not good for me. My brain started thinking about work and it was hard to turn it off. I sat out on the balcony for a while enjoying the sea air and could see four other cruise ships; probably all going as slow as possible to get … [Read more...] about Nieuw Amsterdam: Disembarkation
Nieuw Amsterdam: Embarkation
Today's the day we embark on our Nieuw Amsterdam cruise. We were up early and after in-room coffee decided to check out nearby breakfast options. Breakfast We found a restaurant, Black Watch, about .7 miles away with an interesting menu and it open at 7 am. It took about 25 … [Read more...] about Nieuw Amsterdam: Embarkation
Nieuw Amsterdam Pre-Cruise Travel
Over two years ago we started taking our five adult children on a cruise vacation. Because of their schedules and our budget, this was split into three cruises and the last one was scheduled for Thanksgiving week this year with our youngest son, YS , and his fiancee, SF. She's … [Read more...] about Nieuw Amsterdam Pre-Cruise Travel