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May I quote your explanation on my blog with credit to you to explain abut that day?

Please feel free, I would welcome it.

Perhaps these may help you choose:

https://www.iamsterdam.com/en/plan-your-trip/practical-info/disabled-travellers

https://www.sagetraveling.com/amsterdam-wheelchair-accessible-travel-tips

Is you ship leaving from Amsterdam cruise terminal? That's very close to the north of the city center.

Attractions like the Van Gogh Museum, the Rijksmuseum, and the Stedelijk Museum are all located close to each other South of the city center.

My husband and I plan on taking our daughter 17 and her friend, 19 ....

What do you think your daughter and her friend like?

I dont think this is true. There are 3 packages: Quench (unlimited non-alcoholic drinks per day per person), Signature (15 drinks priced $9 or under, alcoholic and non-alcoholic per person per day), Elite (15 drinks priced $15 or under, alcoholic and non-alcoholic per person per day). Excluding in-room dining, minibar, Chocolate Seduction, Free-style Coca Cola, Self service Draft beer, and Half Moon Cay. Honered at every Bar, Lounge, Cafe, Dining Room and Fine dining restaurants on the ship.

We were in Rotterdam last year and enjoyed our time there. Here are some photos of our day there. Have a wonderful trip!

Nice to hear you enjoyed Rotterdam, beautiful pictures also!

I read that you remarked "Some kind of memorial ceremony was going on near the Maritime Museum right at the Destroyed City War memorial". Reading that I felt the need to give a brief explanation to all readers and future visitors of Rotterdam.

Rotterdam commemorates on May 14th the German bombing that devastated the center at the beginning of the Second World War. At 13.29 hours two minutes of silence are observed, the exact time when the first bombs fell on the city in 1944. The heavy bombardment lasted for thirteen minutes. As a result, a fire arose that destroyed a large part of the historic center of Rotterdam. The bombardment and fire cost the lives of at least 650 people. More than 80 thousand people became homeless because 24 thousand houses were laid in ashes.

On the 'Stadhuisplein', thousands of people gathered to watch the championship match of Feyenoord. The two minutes of silence were also observed there. Unfortunately nowadays at this type of football matches parts of the city have to be protected with containers. So you visited Rotterdam on a very special day! Grief and Joy (Feyenoord won the match) on one special day in May.

Nice webcam, but she left already ;)

...... I ended up getting this cup......

Was it hard to get the cup? Why? How did you get the cup? Thanks in advance for your advise.

Nice quality pics! Hartstikke bedankt en het beste!

Graag gedaan :)

See ms Koningsdam live on webcam in Rotterdam now:

http://www.virtualvisit.nl/webcam/index.htm

I researched and found a tour company that follows cruise ships all over the world and makes their business setting up tours at the ships ports.

I'm interested in your research. Want to share the result with me? :)

read about Reverend Dr. Gregory S. Neal on his own website:

http://www.revneal.org/biography.html

Does anyone know what is hanging over the side of the ship, midships between the life boats and tenders?

No idea:confused: see picture from the Promenade Deck

Is the fridge also the minibar (is it filled by the cabin crew)?

It is normal practice that the agenda of our royal family is announced until shortly beforehand. Information can be found on the website in due course:

http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/leden-koninklijk-huis

To my knowledge there were only announcements made on loudspeakers from the ship when something interesting came in sight.

I hope the quality comes close to the original restaurant De Librije (which is 35 miles from my home). I've never been there, always full.:(

http://www.librije.com/home2/?lang=en

I've never seen smoked salmon for breakfast on our cruises on ms Prinsendam (European initeries).:confused:

At Amsterdam Airport Schiphol a Baggage trolleys and porter service is offered. If you wish to use the airport’s porter service, you will need to make a reservation five working days prior to departure or arrival. See this link:

http://www.schiphol.nl/Travellers/AtSchiphol/Luggage/BaggageTrolleysPorterService.htm

Assistance upon departures from Schiphol

Are you departing from Schiphol and have difficulty with mobility? Schiphol offers free assistance to passengers with reduced mobility or a disability. You can read all the important information here:

http://www.schiphol.nl/Travellers/AtSchiphol/InformationForPassengersWithReducedMobility/AssistanceUponDeparturesFromSchiphol.htm

Official Tourist Information Amsterdam

http://www.iamsterdam.com/en/visiting

The lifeboats on Koningsdam are at (promenade) deck 3. Standing on the balconies on (Beethoven) deck 4 you look above the lifeboats

Here's a view from the other side towards the quay and the village. The garden is located on the far left side of the photo.

My DW is Dutch/Friesan and has a pair of clumpens if that's how you spell it(wooden shoes) ....

The wooden shoes are named "klompen" in Dutch and "klompkes" in Frisian.

Cordial greeting to your wife (and yourself of course) from Fryslân,

Peter (Oranjewoud, Fryslân, The Netherlands)

On the way up to Myrdal they were not allowed to ride to the top but had to wait till the return journey. Boy did they look fed up

If they would have travelled one stop higher (called Myrdal), at the end of the Flam Railway, they would have been even more disappointed. Myrdal has nothing to offer at all, not even a nice view. I recommend to use Vatnahalsen as the turningpoint: www.vatnahalsen.no

Koningsdam, Trieste, Italy, 2015-01-04

Perhaps you like this original Dutch recipe.

See this link: http://www.coquinaria.nl/english/recipes/Dutchpeasoup.htm