2016

Disembarkation All the people who were last to get off (9:00) had brown luggage tags. We had brown luggage tags as we were not flying out today. The AmaViola moved over and rafted on the AmaStella in the evening. Bob thought this would be a problem, but it wasn't so much of one. With luggage in...

Back to the AmaViola AmaViola at the dock There was a restaurant out on the end of the dock past where the AmaViola was docked. Their website says that VISTA stands for vastness by which I think they mean that all the way out there you have good views all around you. Vista Restaurant We had...

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. 25 April 2016 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...

Went back to the hotel and went to the restaurant but they said they were fully booked and it would be 45 minutes before we could get a table. We were to tired to wait, so we went and ate in the bar. Lobby of the hotel going to the bar Logo of the restaurant Art on the wall of the bar I...

April 20, 2016-continued Our hotel-the Movenpick-the high rise part The Movenpick hotel is a big tower plus some rooms in a larger section below the tower. We waited in line a long time to check in (about a half hour) - finally got checked in by 5:00. This is very large and very busy hotel...

Changing planes in Heathrow, the wheelchair person at the gate tried to get me to walk up the gangway - not going to happen. So she pushed me to the holding area, and then we got another wheelchair person who took us to the Lounge. But first we had to go through security again - we had to dump...

Bed of red tulips - Keukenhof I had my eye on a river cruise in the Holland to see the tulips for some time. I had many discussions with my travel agent Cal Ford about the best company to do this cruise with. Viking seemed to have good itineraries and some of their boats had elevators which...

Now to get back to the ship. War Memorial - Antwerp City Park Boula theater I had the foresight to have the plan of the day which had the address where the ship would dock, but that was a long dock and he kept going to the edge and the ship would not be there. Hetsteen - youth theater...

When the cab came, he didn't speak much English, but as long as I had got to a warm place where I could sit comfortably, I decided to see if I could get a photo of the Central RR station. I showed him the photos and he was entranced and asked if he could take a photo of them with his phone. He...

Then we went into the garden Rubens' garden Pagoda in the garden Blooming wisteria and I took photos of the scaffolding and the details of the house. There were two sections to the house and they were two different architectural styles - one half had scaffolding on it. Scaffolding on...