Hi Again! Sorry I didn’t write anything yesterday – it was crazy getting to the ship and settling in. Before we went to the ship, we took a canal ride in Amsterdam. Boy was that something to remember (maybe not when you are 6 months old like I was the last timeJ). I took tons of pictures and hope to post some of them for you. Amsterdam has been a city since October 27, 1290 when the name Amster Dam was first used. The city is named for the Amstel River (there is also a beer named Amstel and I guess this is where it came from). We rode by the museums that contain Rembrandt artwork as well as Van Gogh. We were going to visit the museums but we didn’t have time before we needed to board the ship.
We finally needed to go to the ship. This was an adventure! We made it there fine, but found out when we got there you could board until they called your number (we had number 12). Well, my traveling companions didn’t want to wait so they decided to try to board. There was a German lady “guarding” the area we needed to pass. They went up to her and with a heavy German accent, she told them – “We have not called number 12. Have a seat over there!” (Picture it with a heavy German accent!). We affectionately named her Broomhilda. After our number was called, she still stood there very stoically NEVER smiling.
Once on board, we proceeded to our room. Very nice! It has one of the largest bathrooms I have ever seen on a cruise ship. We unpacked and then proceeded to get ready for dinner (we were told by our travel agent we had seats @ 8:30PM.) Before dinner, we decided to meet our companions for a drink (I chose Hot Tea and it was wonderful!) After our drinks, we went to the restaurant. Well, when we arrived at dinner they told us we were actually to be at the 6PM dinner. They wanted to see our dinner cards and we proceeded to tell them we didn’t have one. “It is in your room.” They said. “No it was not” we replied. Well, we did get to have dinner. Unfortunately, my chicken was dry and the mashed potatoes left a lot to be desired. I hoped that the next day things would be better in the food department. Oh – the sun didn’t set until 10PM last night! Very different for it to be so light for so long but we are3 further north then at home.
This brings us to today. We slept until 11:15AM (for you back home it would be 5:15AM with the time difference). The entire day is at sea since we need to go around Denmark to get to Germany! Since we were too late for breakfast, we decided to just do lunch (I was hoping my meal would be better). The only entree that sounded good to me was the Cowboy Burger. Let me tell you – if you have ever made meatloaf with Lipton Soup mix you have what my burger tasted like and it was DRY! Oh well, dessert was good (cheesecake). Hopefully dinner (which we did get straightened out- we dine @ 8:30PM) will be better.
Well, I am happy to say that dinner was much better. We arrive in Germany early and leave on the train for Berlin @ 9AM. I probably won't be able to update until Thursday.
Enjoy my travels! Later!
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