Holland America Amsterdam March 2- April 26, 2017
Larry and I boarded the Holland America Amsterdam ship on
March 2 after spending two days touring Hong Kong’s Landau Island, seeing the Big Buddha and the fishing village
of Tia O.
Comfy places to kick back around the pool
Another Holland America beauty, the Amsterdam was built in
2000…a year younger than the Volendam. We found boarding especially easy in
Hong Kong, China. Why? ….only 140 passengers were boarding on the
ship’s last leg of the 2017 World Cruise….that meant no lines or waiting
around.
Love our room on the 7th floor.
We practically just showed our passports and came on board to the
biggest welcome from the captain and crew. It was thrilling to get such a warm greeting. Most of the 1340 passengers had
boarded in Ft Lauderdale on January 2, 2017 traveling through the Panama Canal,
up the West Coast of the US and over the Pacific to Hawaii, on to Korea, Japan,
and down the China coast to Hong Kong…these world travelers had been enjoying
the cruising life for two months ahead of us and were well settled into the
romance of riding the sea. This fabulous ship will return us all to Ft.
Lauderdale on April 26.
Where are we off to on this last leg of the World Cruise?
Nha Trang, Vietnam; Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam; Singapore; Port
Kelano, Kudo Lumpur; Colombo, Sri Lanka;
Mumbai, India; Muscat, Oman; Petra, Jordon; Suez Canal;
Rhodes, Greece; Athens, Greece; Nauplion, Greece; Crete, Greece; Mykones, Greece; Valleta, Malta; Palma de Malleca, Spain; Barcelona, Spain; Cadiz, Spain;
Casablanca, Morroco; Funchal, Madeira, Portugal and Fort Lauderdale, Florida….55 days of exploration of our fantastic planet!
Rhodes, Greece; Athens, Greece; Nauplion, Greece; Crete, Greece; Mykones, Greece; Valleta, Malta; Palma de Malleca, Spain; Barcelona, Spain; Cadiz, Spain;
Casablanca, Morroco; Funchal, Madeira, Portugal and Fort Lauderdale, Florida….55 days of exploration of our fantastic planet!
The layout of the ship is very much like the Volendam…… It has a
great crew… delicious food…
two pools and hot tubs…
a fabulous library…..unlimited
DVD’s, a 3.5 lap- mile walking track…a workout room and sauna… a comfy movie
theater… Nightly entertainment from The Neptunes, a piano, flutist, sax player,
Debbie and
all the nightly stage performance surprises in the Queens Lounge.
The entertainment always keeps us tapping our toes and clapping to the beat.
Something new on this cruise that I have enjoyed is the water colors and
drawing classes during the sea days.
The Crow's Nest is a favorite spot for watching us come into port ....especially when it is unbelievably hot outside.
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