Seas2mountains

Thank you. The tour started at the Amsterdam cruise terminal and ended at a dock near the cruise terminal. Have a wonderful cruise!

Ocean Music Fest in “Prima Club” works well when it is cold and rainy outside. Love how they can push the theater seats back but not all seats fo have a dance floor. It is packed in here at 10:35pm local time.

Tonight after our dinner in Le Bistro and as we were enjoying listening to Juci Del Carlo who plays guitar in Metropolitan bar, a person from shore excursions and assistant executive housekeeping staff member in uniform and with name tags asked if we would answer a few questions. They asked if there was anything that could be improved on the cruise. Since we initially thought they were asking about housekeeping and shore excursions, we raved about the excellent service we were receiving from our cabin steward, Marti. They asked if anything could be improved. We mentioned the new recipe potatoes with the filet at Le Bistro should go back to the old recipe. They asked if anything else could be improved. We said we were getting excellent service at all bars and restaurants and couldn’t think of anything. As they left after asking for our cabin number, my husband watched to see if they were asking anyone else these questions but they did not. This seemed really strange.

This was in Amsterdam and were a blast to the past. Anyone else remember these cloth towel devices in restrooms many years ago.

The drink holders in the theater that easily hold wine glasses are quite nice!

We had a great day in Bergen. I’ll post those photos tomorrow. Here are photos from our dinner at Le Bistro tonight. My husband and I ordered the same items. Escargot, Goat cheese croquette salad and the filet minus the foie gras and minus the previous up charge. We did not care for the new potatoes that came with the filet. Were they au gratin potatoes or something else?

Here are some photos taken last night before sunset.

Last night we had dinner at Indulge. Thank you @mking8288 for letting us know the dinner menu was different than the lunch menu. We couldn’t get the option to order drinks working and had to go the bar. The same thing happened to us for lunch a few days ago. So if you are going to Indulge, get your drinks first or your food will get cold as it gets delivered so fast after ordering. We shared Pesto Gnocchi, fried green tomatoes, bacon wrapped chicken and deviled eggs I missed getting a photo of pork ribs my husband ordered. He also got a bread with crab but he said it wasn’t very good.

More photos of the drive to and from Dalsnibba Mountain The warm cinnamon roll at the top of Mount Dalsnibba was delicious! There is a lake just below the top of Mount Dalsnibba that has a small glacier.

We had such a beautiful day in Geiranger yesterday. It was definitely a highlight of the cruise so far. We were told Geiranger may stop allowing cruise ships beginning two years from now. The cruise through the fjord was better than any excursion. Here are photos from the bus ride and excursion up to Dalsnibba Mountain. The first few photos show Prima when we were at about 1000 feet, 2000 feet and 4700 feet where it looks

Henry - will do! Great photo!

Current situation. Whiskey Bar as we travel out of the beautiful fjord. We can hear Duo Rika singing country songs from the atrium. For some reason, it sounds really loud tonight. Drinks are Matador and Buffalo Trace. Our excursion and several other buses got back at 7:15pm when all aboard was at 7:00pm. We didn’t hear any names called. Will add those photos tomorrow. I tried to get more photos of the officers but that screen was being used to direct passengers where to go to disembark. When we got back on, it was being updated.

In Geiranger, we walked up the hill past the church to the waterfalls. We took the stairs down and are back on the ship before our excursion. Temperature is now 72 degrees. We weren’t able to get our tour to Dalsnibba Mountain and Eagle Road moved to an earlier time as they were full. With it being so nice outside we are bummed we can’t hang out at the Vibe but don’t want to miss seeing Dalsnibba Mountain.

View looking towards aft from our balcony.

Does that look like a face in the rocks? See the eyes?

Current views in the fjord. So many beautiful waterfalls. The captain announced the ship would do a 360 turn so everyone could get good views of the Seven sisters waterfalls.

We ended the day with an NCL excursion of the Amsterdam waterways one hour tour. It was about $8 per person with our $50 shore excursion credit (for both of us with P+) and Latitudes discount. Anne Frank house. Some said they got tickets by getting up 30 days prior at 4am and tickets sell out in a few minutes. General views. People swimming and hanging out on the pier. See the Prima.

Our next stop was to the Our Lord in the Attic museum. This was one of many Catholic churches that were built and hidden in homes in the 17th century after any signs of the Catholic faith were banned. This museum also had many other rooms in the house on display to get an idea of what life was like. My husband and I both recommend it. They had an excellent audio device to use on the tour. This one could hold 150 people and the priest lived in the house. They also had an amazing organ. Map shows the number of hidden churches.

Amsterdam exploring. Part 2. After leaving the Van Gogh museum, we wandered through Amsterdam to pass by the canals and the flower market before getting to our next museum stop. This woman was singing an opera and she had an amazing voice. Canals and other photos taken walking back toward the ship. The flower market Restaurant. Bikes, bikes and bikes. A tour guide we had in the afternoon said the bikes need to be locked or they will be stolen. We rarely saw the bikes locked up unless they were using some locking device that wasn’t visible to us.

We are in Hudson’s for breakfast as the views are spectacular! Photos don’t truly capture it.

Current view

It is open 7am-7pm. Bar is open 9am-7pm.

Found this on the NCL app specific to this Prima sailing. I use Libby frequently and was able to add NCL Prima library with my latitudes number.

Geiranger today - explore on our own followed by NCL excursion at 4pm to Mt. Dalsnibba and Eagle Road. When I initially booked, the only tour time available was at 3:30pm but the tickets we received now say the tour starts at 4pm. Tour is listed as being 3 hours long and all aboard time is 7pm. My husband thinks the tour ends too close to all aboard time so we will talk to shore excursions when they open at 8am to see if they have anything available earlier. Bergen and Alesund - on our own. Akureyri - Forest Lagoon booked on our own. Isafjordur - on own own. Reykjavik - NCL 8 hour Golden Circle tour. We need to find world’s best cake when in Norway.

We really enjoyed it the past few days and would say the peaceful space was worth the expense for us. We love the hot tubs and views from the hot tubs. I will let you know if we can use it as the weather gets colder.