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Good afternoon from AMS Schiphol airport. We disembarked NSDM at 7.15 this morning and met our tour bus. We had a slightly delayed tour departure as two pax did not arrive. The guide announced that they were in isolation on the ship! 😱 We took a tour to Keukenhof and then to the airport. Here is where the ship was docked this morning... and here is a pic of Keukenhof...

After lunch we came back to the stateroom and there was a message from the front desk reminding us that we still had unused non refundable obc. Nice touch!

Today's Daily

PDF files for the last days menus lunch_menu_07.pdf north_europe_dr_menu_10_reformat.pdf m14-day14-_lido_lunch_north_europe.pdf m14-day14-_lido_dinner_north_europe.pdf day_7_lido_late_snack (1).pdf

Today's menus MDR Lunch on another sea day. (Again a different file name so could be a different menu!) MDR Dinner Lido lunch Lido dinnet Lido late snack

I must confess to foresaking bread pudding on our last day and bingeing on chocolate cake and strawberry ice cream.

Today in Lido was Cake Away. It was mentioned on the Daily.

Saturday4th May at sea English Cannel/North Sea May the fourth be with you! Here is our position a short time ago as you can see we really are cruising...... a full 9 knts of speed.

We had a great Canaletto dinner last night with Tony, Martha, Fred and Mitzi. Our server Joan (pronounced Jo Ann - isn't that a smart way to get oldies to remember your name? 😉) was top notch. Nothing was too much trouble for her....she got us cocktails from Tamarind and even arranged a main course of risotto only for Ellen, as nothing else on the menu appealed to her. Joan is leaving NSDM but will return in a few months in her new position in Pinnacle Grill. We started with a full house of small plates (that is the advantage of being a table for 6) and extra shrimp and extra meatballs were automatically put on the table. Shaing a salad can be fun, but overall there was plenty for everyone. (I forgot to take photos!) 🙄 For mains we selected some from the menu and some from off menu. Spaghetti Bolognese (off menu) Risotto (off menu) Lobster with spaghetti ($19 upcharge) The lobster was excellent.

Following a "fruity" Let us Know message it is now working again onboard NSDM 😉

You could not make this up! Today it is not working on the ship. It is linking to the moap page, so nothing!

It was added to the list on the last update.

Good morning from Nieuw Statendam, currently off the south coast of England and sailing towards Rotterdam. Out last day onboard 😭😭

There is an actual UK website based on UK £ Sterling currency and the protections afforded to those who book travel in the UK.

Today's Lido lunchtime specials.

I am excited for you! You will enjoy the ship. We only made it to three evening shows, the comedian Dian Cordean, who was good, Flamenco Passion that was below average and'All That' which was singing and dancing and poor. I spent the 45 minutes trying to decide if they were lip synching or not, but lost interest even in that. However, "due to popular demand" they are back tonight. So, what do I know? 🙄😁 The slow boarding was beyond HAL's remit. A protest leading to delays, but poor real time information from Rotterdam cruise terminal staff lead to confusion and delays.

That makes three of us! 😉

Here is today's Daily

Tonight we are eating in Canaletto with Tony @sailingdutchy and Fred @Overhead Fred and Martha and Mitzi so is the menu...... And the file is here canaletto_menu_summer_2023_v2_-new.pdf

The files for today's menus lunch_menu_06.pdf gold_gala_menu_2024.pdf m13-day13-_lido_lunch_north_europe.pdf m13-day13-_lido_dinner_north_europe.pdf day_6_lido_late_snack (1).pdf

Today's menus A sea day so mdr lunch. Menu file name is different so perhaps a slight change to the menu. MDR Lunch MDR Dinner gold gala menu LIdo Lunch Lido Dinner Lido Late night snack

Friday 3rd May, at sea on Bay of Biscay and Englush Channe it is a calm, pleasant spring morning on the ship. Such a shame that we will be evicted in less than 48 hours.😪

UK etc is present on the list. It is Reino Unido

Just a fyi as you are heading to northern Europe. No umbellas in verandah stateroom and I didn't see any HAL umbrellas in evidence on a very rainy day. Suggest you bring small telescopic umbrella with you.

Currently on Nieuw Statendam, which sails to Baltics next week and there are no umbrellas in stateroom and there were none at gangway. Bring your own collapsible one.