rotterdam

This was from a letter my mom wrote in 1965: We expected to have several hours in Rotterdam for a visit with K.. but instead of taking us 50 minutes to get to Rotterdam..it took us about 1 1/2 hours. There were three places where we had one-way traffic due to road construction, and the lines...

25 June 2009 View from our room When I checked in yesterday, the receptionist told me I could have breakfast at the hotel for €18 instead of 20. Since I had not had an opportunity to stock up at the buffet on the ship because of our early debarkation, I decided to go ahead and do that. Canal...

We went down to the restaurant again at 6 and met my internet friends from Virtual Tourist. Pieter set up the meeting. We met at our hotel (The Golden Tulip) and had a drink with them. Mr. and Mrs. Pieter Jan VINK Anke-Thea Then Anke-Thea and Roy went ahead and found us a place to eat. When...

The taxi driver took us back to the Rotterdam Tiny car Drawbridge Lipton Iced Tea ad Granddaughter walking in We were back at the hotel by 11:00 and we had lunch at the hotel restaurant (called Water) so we could charge it to the room. Lunch buffet The restaurant looked out on the...

24 June 2009 The Rotterdam docks in Rotterdam I asked for early embarkation. We got luggage tags marked Pink 5, with a time of 0700 to 0730. Granddaughter's suitcase (and foot) I asked for breakfast at 5:30 to 6, and for a wake-up call at 5:15. Breakfast again came before the wake-up call...

The next time I was in the Netherlands I didn't ended in Amsterdam instead of starting there. I started by disembarking a Holland American cruise ship in Rotterdam. Thi swas my third grandchild trip and I was with my 12 year old granddaughter. 23 June 2009 was a sea day and mostly connected...