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I was just preparing and putting my story together and all of a sudden all these pictures started showing up . Thank you all but here is my contribution . We are getting busy for our next cruise a few months from now in the Mediterranean where the Oosterdam will take us to Souda again , we were there last October like @Vict0riann and also took the shuttle from the port to Chania . After visiting the market and making a few purchases we walked to the pretty port of Chania , enjoyed a nice beverage when a flash thunderstorm opened the skies which was good for a few nice pictures ! Have a great day everybody ! Be well ! Tony 😁 Just to be clear dear Martha did NOT bend that tree We had to abandon our seats on the front row on the terrace but 20 min later everything was normal again , After returning on the shuttle and the captain was ready to leave we enjoyed watching a beautiful sunset in Souda

Thank you @VMax1700 for doing a nearly live report from the Oosterdam we hope to be on her for 3 weeks starting on Sept 16 from Barcelona we have been on the Oosterdam a couple of times and enjoyed her but like you mentioned we will also miss the Tamarind although the might have a once a week pop up Tamarind in the Pinnacle Restaurant with a slightly smaller menu . Could you please let us know if they still do that . Yes the Pinnacle Class ships have spoiled us as far as specialty restaurants are concerned . Wishing you a great cruise and safe travels ! I will be following you and read your reports . Tony

Hello Daily friends , Thanks to Rich , Roy and all other contributors for the Daily which I try to read most days but I have not been posting much lately , busy doing stuff . Thought you all might like to see this picture which I just found on my FB account and was taken this week after the Naming Festivities . The Rotterdam V and the Rotterdam VII in Rotterdam on her way to Amsterdam where she was today , I bet you there must have been lots of tooooooooots between grandma and granddaughter ! Tony

@Copper10-8 Thanks a lot for posting this very informative and well put together post John , very much appreciated . We were suppose to be on the maiden voyage about a couple of years ago now when Covid broke out and the date and itinerary was changed a couple of times and than completely cancelled . Now we hope to finally get on her in April of 2023 crossing the Atlantic to Amsterdam your place of birth. This should also be a very special cruise because on April 18th 2023 Holland America will be celebrating its 150th anniversary and we will have a couple of personal celebrations , one of them also on April 18th ..........

Happy Birthday to our good friend and cruise companion Pat , congratulations and Best Wishes from Martha and Tony ! To us you are not just @VictOriann Ann's DH Pat , you are very special so from the hundreds of pictures I have of Ann and you I like to show you from your best side to the Daily family……………………have a great day ! Sorry Pal that was from the wrong folder that I have from you , so here are some much nicer ones ! I know Pat , sorry for placing you in the spotlight today , I see you are not impressed ! Looking forward to our next cruise together next spring . Have a wonderful day ! Martha and Tony 😍😍

Thank you for asking Roy , in Canada we call it Remembrance Day and it is on the 11th of the 11th at 11 am like in Great Britain which marks the end of the hostilities during WW1 . In the Netherlands it is celebrated on May4th when people commemorate civilians and soldiers who have died in the Kingdom of the Netherlands or elsewhere since the outbreak of the Second World War . This is on the day before the Netherlands was liberated from *** Germany on May 5th 1945 . There are official celebrations in Amsterdam and the whole country will stop for 2 minutes , traffic , trains etc etc . The celebrations will than start on May 5th Tony

Perez won and Max Verstappen , the Dutchman was third , thats for the Red Bull fans ! Ferrari were 2nd and 4th .