My first overnight Cruise was on the Koln-Dusseldorfer's MS Nederland in May of 1968. I sailed from Basel to Rotterdam with overnight stops at Basel, Speyer, Rudeshiem and Dusseldorf. I was able to shot some wonderful photos of the MS Nederland in 1984 at Cologne. Back in those days, if you were traveling single you might have to share a room. I ended up sharing a room with an elderly Canadian Mountie who had recently lost his wife.
My second was on the Fair Princess (The old Fairsea) in Feb of 1990. The route was the Mexican Riviera (Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, Cabo San Lucas. Coincidently, The Viking Serenade was on the same route. I took some great shots of that ship. The Fair Princess was sold, renamed and eventually scapped. I'm surprised that Princess never introduced a new ship with the same name...
Nine of us are celebrating a 65th, 60th, and 70th birthday in 2010 on the HAL Ryndam. We are leaving on the April 4th cruise. I'll be the one shooting with the Panasonic LX3 and GH1.
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My first overnight Cruise was on the Koln-Dusseldorfer's MS Nederland in May of 1968. I sailed from Basel to Rotterdam with overnight stops at Basel, Speyer, Rudeshiem and Dusseldorf. I was able to shot some wonderful photos of the MS Nederland in 1984 at Cologne. Back in those days, if you were traveling single you might have to share a room. I ended up sharing a room with an elderly Canadian Mountie who had recently lost his wife.
My second was on the Fair Princess (The old Fairsea) in Feb of 1990. The route was the Mexican Riviera (Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, Cabo San Lucas. Coincidently, The Viking Serenade was on the same route. I took some great shots of that ship. The Fair Princess was sold, renamed and eventually scapped. I'm surprised that Princess never introduced a new ship with the same name...
Nine of us are celebrating a 65th, 60th, and 70th birthday in 2010 on the HAL Ryndam. We are leaving on the April 4th cruise. I'll be the one shooting with the Panasonic LX3 and GH1.