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@Copper10-8 Thanks a lot for posting this very informative and well put together post John , very much appreciated . We were suppose to be on the maiden voyage about a couple of years ago now when Covid broke out and the date and itinerary was changed a couple of times and than completely cancelled . Now we hope to finally get on her in April of 2023 crossing the Atlantic to Amsterdam your place of birth. This should also be a very special cruise because on April 18th 2023 Holland America will be celebrating its 150th anniversary and we will have a couple of personal celebrations , one of them also on April 18th ..........

Happy Birthday to our good friend and cruise companion Pat , congratulations and Best Wishes from Martha and Tony ! To us you are not just @VictOriann Ann's DH Pat , you are very special so from the hundreds of pictures I have of Ann and you I like to show you from your best side to the Daily family……………………have a great day ! Sorry Pal that was from the wrong folder that I have from you , so here are some much nicer ones ! I know Pat , sorry for placing you in the spotlight today , I see you are not impressed ! Looking forward to our next cruise together next spring . Have a wonderful day ! Martha and Tony 😍😍

Thank you for asking Roy , in Canada we call it Remembrance Day and it is on the 11th of the 11th at 11 am like in Great Britain which marks the end of the hostilities during WW1 . In the Netherlands it is celebrated on May4th when people commemorate civilians and soldiers who have died in the Kingdom of the Netherlands or elsewhere since the outbreak of the Second World War . This is on the day before the Netherlands was liberated from *** Germany on May 5th 1945 . There are official celebrations in Amsterdam and the whole country will stop for 2 minutes , traffic , trains etc etc . The celebrations will than start on May 5th Tony

Perez won and Max Verstappen , the Dutchman was third , thats for the Red Bull fans ! Ferrari were 2nd and 4th .

Yes you are right Ann , I can not remember a storm like that hitting us here , we lost quite a few trees in our woods , huge maple , beech and oak trees 70 or 80 years old and yes I will have lots of firewood for the next few years or maybe I can start a new business .......... it really was a scary 10 or 15 minutes to see trees all around us bending to their limit , losing their crowns or dropping all together with roots and all . Happy Victoria Day @VictOriann in Victoria ! Tell Pat to take it easy with the fireworks ! Tony 😍