Life on a Riverboat Cruise in 2016

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barge tug

barge tug

Tug

Tug

Red buoy

Red buoy


storm clouds

storm clouds

storm clouds over the river

storm clouds over the river

burning off gas

burning off gas

Dinner was a Belgian dinner

I had the Belgian endive salad with glazed walnuts and blue cheese, asparagus soup and mahi mahi
Belgium endive and walnut salad

Belgium endive and walnut salad


Wild Rice and Tropical Salsa (in the Mahi Mahi Filet)

Wild Rice and Tropical Salsa (in the Mahi Mahi Filet)


Dessert was a Belgian chocolate buffet. I ate too much chocolate.
Chocolate buffet

Chocolate buffet

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Choices from the chocolate buffet

We went overnight to Terneuzen - actually we started at dinner time and there were waves crashing against the windows in the dining room which is on the lowest deck.
Previous entry in the series 'Two Visits to Belgium': Finding Our Way Back to AmaViola in 2016
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greatgrandma
We did get there, but ....
April 25th
I woke up about 4:30 and looked at the bow camera and we were here. We are beside a lock. The captain has decided that the waves and wind in the North Sea make it too dangerous for us to actually go through the lock and go to Middleburg (this is a river boat and not an ocean going vessel after all), so we are staying in Terneuzen all day today. It is still rainy and cold
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The expeditions today were to Ghent, Bruges and Middleburg, and I decided not to go on any of them. They are all walking tours and I really have not much interest in those towns - it is too much trouble to go to just to have a shopping opportunity. So we had a nice restful day on the ship
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I didn't see much except the lock as we didn't get off the boat. If I had known I would have made more of an effort but it was horrible rainy cold weather.
 
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Arriving in Brussels in 1950 Manneken Pis 1950 First Daytrip to Antwerp -1950 Revisit to Rubens' House 2016 Rubens' Garden in 2016 The HAND of Antwerp - 2016 Tracking Down the Antwerp Central Station in 2016 Finding Our Way Back to AmaViola in 2016 Life on a Riverboat Cruise in 2016

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