North , South and Central America on the Nieuw Amsterdam photo travelogue. Easter 2022 .

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The map and dates

 

 

 

 

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When we were last on the Nieuw Amsterdam for New Year's Eve we stayed in cabin # 7137 and loved it . We did request it for the 19 days to San Diego and it was available - but only if we booked it to Canada .

 

 

 

We did need to disembark in San Diego and so we settled for the cabin below # 6175 . We had a nice boarding at Noon and when we entered that the cabin was much smaller inside and out . Additionally , instead of a row of lockers for clothes near the vanity which my wife used for dressing - we had a single door leading to the cabin next door . 

 

 

 

 

We did book a Family corner Retreat # 4 .

 

 

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A sign of the times

 

 

Lunch

 

 

 

 

 

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Coast Guard station

 

 

Flying fish

 

 

Port Everglades

 

 

Pier 66

 

 

The Nieuw Statendam

 

 

Ukrainian flag

 

 

Tortuga Music Festival

 

 

Sailing East and the sunset on the Atlantic

 

 

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Our first night dinner was a quite one at the Tamarind

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sailing out of Port Everglades

 

 

 

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A walk to the Pinnacle Grill for Breakfast

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ski ww]

Thanks for posting, brings back memories. 

[scubacruiserx2]

23 minutes ago, ski ww said:

Thanks for posting, brings back memories. 

 

You're welcome and hopefully more to come . 🙂

[Dunmore2]

27 minutes ago, scubacruiserx2 said:

 

You're welcome and hopefully more to come . 🙂

I hope so too. I appreciate your photos.

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The Retreat was a little wet and we checked out the breakfast menu that they will serve upon request .

 

 

 

 

The CC M&G was conducted by Dick and Joyce before lunch and was fairly well attended . For lunch we choose the Pinnacle .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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32 minutes ago, Dunmore2 said:

I hope so too. I appreciate your photos.

 

Thanks , we do have a lot of photos and video to sort thru so it make take a while . 

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We decided to take a nap after lunch and the sea had grown very calm as we passed around Cuba . We saw some flying fish and a dolphin or 2 so I'll look for the video clip . In the mean time we prepared for a dinner at the Pinnacle . I had a little case of bag envy when I saw this bag hanging from the previous cruise ( a charter cruise ) .

 

 

Almost dinner time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Sunset before dinner

 

 

The  clocks were set 1 hour forward . We went to the 9 PM Neil Diamond Experience .

 

America

 

 

 

Solitary Man

 

 

 

Sweet Caroline ( So good , so good )

 

 

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[lstrong]

Loving this. Please keep it coming!

[scubacruiserx2]

12 hours ago, lstrong said:

Loving this. Please keep it coming!

 

We will try ! 🙂😊

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Wishing my wife , daughter and daughter in law and all of the mom's out there a Happy Mother's Day !!! 💐🌷🌺

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Most of our good days begin with sunrise and a breakfast .

 

 

 

And like today it kinda morphed into a brunch and a nap .

 

 

 

 

 

[MoneyGuy]

Great photos, thank you. The video you posted is my favourite Neil Diamond song - perfect! 

[scubacruiserx2]

14 minutes ago, MoneyGuy said:

Great photos, thank you. The video you posted is my favourite Neil Diamond song - perfect! 

 

We did did enjoy that song and the show and were surprised that Robert would be back another day . 🎤

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It was shrimp night at the Canaletto so we were there for diner . I must say that we ate at Sabatini's both for breakfast and dinner several times on the Enchanted Princess in February this year and we preferred the food and service on HAL to that on the Enchanted . 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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After a protracted and delicious dinner we headed down to see the Jukebox Rogues . The were advertised as Frankie's Boys and we had never seen them before . We had hoped that it would be like the West End Version of Jersey Boys that we saw with some cruising friends that we had met in South America , Karen and Ron . We try to make a point of seeing K&R when we visit Europe as they live near London in the Isle of Mann .

As the lights dimmed the audience seemed very busy after the show started . We had been told that there were less than 900 passengers on this trip and so there was plenty of room . We found a nice open space to video with no people in front of us and began the show .

 

 

 

We got about a minute into the show and I saw a person look at me and decided to walk into the video . I wanted to say take 2 and reshoot but there was no second chance . There is a part 2 and the the song Sherry was included 

 

 

 

 

 

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Some of the follow up songs .

 

Big girls don't cry

 

 

 

Working my back to you 

 

 

 

You're just too good to be true 

 

 

 

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We were in and before sunrise in Cartagena , Columbia for our first visit there 

 

 

 

 

I saw what I thought was a statute of Mary and Jesus but the guide said differently . We were in on Palm Sunday the date of Jesus's Triumphal Entry to Jerusalem .

 

 

 

A fisherman nearby the ship

 

 

All ashore 

 

 

The walkway to the city

 

[albingirl]

Love this travel blog.  Thank you.  Speaking of bag envy, one of your postings a while back, I always get bag envy.  Is there a cure?  Doubt it, according to my husband.  This a a great review!