RedneckBob Posted July 8, 2022 #51 Share Posted July 8, 2022 13 hours ago, LAFFNVEGAS said: Good morning from Amsterdam. Today looks to be a beautiful day. I decided to call it a day at about 10:30 last night and slept sound till about 2:15. Then like an internal body alarm clock I was wide awake. Could not get back to sleep so grabbed my phone and started checking emails and doing some work by answering emails. Then about 4 attempted to sleep but not much. About 5:50 Tom appeared awake but said he could not sleep much either. We had this same problem in 2016 when we came to Italy for the Koningsdam we have a terrible time adjusting to the time. Although our two trips to Japan in 2017 and 2019 we had no problems at all. this morning we watched Celebrity Apex come in. She is definitely a big ship. Well guess I will start getting ready for the day. I room includes breakfast at the hotel, so we are meeting Marcia and Colleen at 8:30 then heading to the train station to meet up with @Ine We recently sailed on both the Apex (Dec2021) and Rotterdam (Feb2022). Both were beautiful ships but miss the nightly performers other than dance company in Showroom on Rotterdam. Did not like Apt style balcony on Apex. Steak house on Apex good as PG. Service and staff were excellent on both ships. Enjoy your cruise! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LAFFNVEGAS Posted July 8, 2022 Author #52 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Good Evening from Amsterdam. All of us are very worn out from a very fun day but I feel like I definitely over did it. My legs are throbbing. My Apple Watch/ Fitness app says we walked about 11,500 steps but Tom’s Fitbit watch says He walked over 12500. My knees and thighs are painful luckily I brought some Bio Freeze with me. It was a very nice day, the weather was perfect, temps were perfect. The four of us started with the breakfast buffet here at Movenpick which was excellent. Then started out short journey to meet up with Ine. Thanks to Ine’s excellent directions we figured out the correct train and got off exactly where we should to spend the day with her. We spent the day at Zaanse Schans Windmill Village. After several hours we then went to see she she and Ton live. A very full day for us weary tourist. 20 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LAFFNVEGAS Posted July 8, 2022 Author #53 Share Posted July 8, 2022 And some more pictures from today , of course the days ended with dinner and ice cream. 😉 24 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2inSETexas Posted July 8, 2022 #54 Share Posted July 8, 2022 1 hour ago, LAFFNVEGAS said: We spent the day at Zaanse Schans Windmill Village. Love visiting there. It’s such a beautiful village and setting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florida_gal_50 Posted July 8, 2022 #55 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Great pictures! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare erewhon Posted July 9, 2022 #56 Share Posted July 9, 2022 Thank you for your reports and photos. business class on that plane looks to be very cramped. Wishing you all a wonderful cruise. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caribbean Chris Posted July 9, 2022 #57 Share Posted July 9, 2022 Your photos in the Dutch shoes are so cute! Looks like a very fun day. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare puppycanducruise Posted July 9, 2022 #58 Share Posted July 9, 2022 We loved our visit to Zaanse Schans a few years ago. Thanks for your pictures. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruzin Terri Posted July 9, 2022 #59 Share Posted July 9, 2022 Thanks for the reports. We spent a day in Zaans Schaans and also had a wonderful time. That was quite a while ago. Glad you’re all enjoying your trip. Terri 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Himself Posted July 9, 2022 #60 Share Posted July 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Cruzin Terri said: Thanks for the reports. We spent a day in Zaans Schaans and also had a wonderful time. That was quite a while ago. Glad you’re all enjoying your trip. Terri Thanks for the updates and pictures. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliaschief Posted July 9, 2022 #61 Share Posted July 9, 2022 Thanks for sharing your cruise. We will be boarding MS Rotterdam in August for two weeks of cruising Best Of Norway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LAFFNVEGAS Posted July 9, 2022 Author #62 Share Posted July 9, 2022 Good Saturday Evening from Amsterdam. yippeee Tomorrow is Cruise Day. Being a land Tourist is hard work, we are more than ready to get on the Rotterdam to relax. I bought a spa pass from the week and I am ready to start using it. This morning we met Marcia and Colleen for breakfast at 9. I don’t think I mentioned the breakfast that is included with hotel through HAL it is actually very good. Large selection of fresh fruits as well as. Am amazing selector cheeses, old and new cheese. Eggs made to order including omelets. Very good bakery with at least 8 different jellies and jam flavors. There is even fresh delicious honey in the honeycomb. Overall the breakfast is quite good. afyer breakfast today we had tickets for 11 for Anne Frank House. It really is something everyone needs to see once. But it is very emotional. But I will also say that to do the tour it was a bit on the difficult side with the extremely narrow steep stairs. Unfortunately my leg strength is not strong and being short it is quite difficult to step up especially with little to no hand rails. While it was difficult it is definitely worth seeing. After Anne Frank House we spent the afternoon at the very crowded Albert Cuyp Market. It goes on forever. But we did pick up some Amsterdam souvenirs and had some hot freshly made stroopwaffles. Tom want to try Poffertjed which is a small puffy little pancake with powdered sugar and butter. He also wanted to try the French fries or frites but we total missed seeing that booth.. I was able to get myself a bag of assorted Dutch Black Licorice. I don’t have to worry about sharing since no one traveling with me likes Black Licorice 😂😉 After spending about 3 hours shopping we were all calling it quits and grabbed an Uber and headed back to the hotel. we have really enjoyed our days in Amsterdam. Weather has been nice the last two days. we are now ready to start the next 7 days of our journey to Norway on the Beautiful MS Rotterdam. 22 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare VMax1700 Posted July 9, 2022 #63 Share Posted July 9, 2022 2 hours ago, LAFFNVEGAS said: Dutch Black Licorice They may sell them on Rotterdam as they previously sold it in Koningsdam's Dutch cafe. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LAFFNVEGAS Posted July 10, 2022 Author #64 Share Posted July 10, 2022 Good Morning from the Movenpick Hotel in Amsterdam. Look what we caught this morning from our room. It’s Cruise Day!!! IMG_2838.MOV 25 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakridger Posted July 10, 2022 #65 Share Posted July 10, 2022 Nice movie of the ship gliiiidddddiiiiinnngggg in!! ~Nancy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ine Posted July 10, 2022 #66 Share Posted July 10, 2022 Have a great cruise. It was so nice to see you all. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LAFFNVEGAS Posted July 10, 2022 Author #67 Share Posted July 10, 2022 We just had our last breakfast at Movenpick Hotel. Definitely one of the better hotel breakfast I have had over the years. This morning we had an amazing view of our ship out the window. 17 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LAFFNVEGAS Posted July 10, 2022 Author #68 Share Posted July 10, 2022 The best treat was the fresh honey in the honeycomb on toast it was amazing. 22 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ine Posted July 10, 2022 #69 Share Posted July 10, 2022 (edited) Lisa and others, check those live webcams! https://live.netcamviewer.nl/Webcam-Kade-PTA/242?fbclid=IwAR32noWMQhmF6_Ge2cR3yjFklHGoyiPbp8hyJZi7i-N2D4t06L_HGp29Kgg and this one, it changes from time to time, you will see Centraal Station and surroundings, but of course also the Rtterdam sailing around 5pm local time. https://www.portofamsterdam.com/nl/ontdek/beleef-de-haven/webcam-amsterdam Edited July 10, 2022 by Ine 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare VMax1700 Posted July 10, 2022 #70 Share Posted July 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Ine said: Lisa and others, check those live webcams! https://live.netcamviewer.nl/Webcam-Kade-PTA/242?fbclid=IwAR32noWMQhmF6_Ge2cR3yjFklHGoyiPbp8hyJZi7i-N2D4t06L_HGp29Kgg and this one, it changes from time to time, you will see Centraal Station and surroundings, but of course also the Rtterdam sailing around 5pm local time. https://www.portofamsterdam.com/nl/ontdek/beleef-de-haven/webcam-amsterdam Thanks for the webcams. The one showing Centraal station is very good quality. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare VMax1700 Posted July 10, 2022 #71 Share Posted July 10, 2022 Looks like people are boarding!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LAFFNVEGAS Posted July 10, 2022 Author #72 Share Posted July 10, 2022 Yes, just started boarding. We are checked in but have boarding group 11. There is no Priority Boarding even for Neptune Suites. We are just in the boarding hall.Boarding started about 11:35 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare VMax1700 Posted July 10, 2022 #73 Share Posted July 10, 2022 30 minutes ago, LAFFNVEGAS said: There is no Priority Boarding even for Neptune Suites Wow, that is disappointing. What was your allocated check in time? Wishing you a quick boarding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kazu Posted July 10, 2022 #74 Share Posted July 10, 2022 40 minutes ago, LAFFNVEGAS said: Yes, just started boarding. We are checked in but have boarding group 11. There is no Priority Boarding even for Neptune Suites. Yikes! that could be a long wait with no priority 😞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BetsyS. Posted July 10, 2022 #75 Share Posted July 10, 2022 5 hours ago, LAFFNVEGAS said: Yes, just started boarding. We are checked in but have boarding group 11. There is no Priority Boarding even for Neptune Suites. We are just in the boarding hall.Boarding started about 11:35 Bon Voyage! Thank you for your great reporting and beautiful pictures. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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