Jim_Iain Apex Key West, TansAtlantic and British Isle with a Week in Amsterdam

[DaKahuna]

50 minutes ago, Jim_Iain said:

Thanks I was catching up on you cruise but still about 10 pages behind. 

 

We arrive at pier 93 tomorrow so not many more pages will be added after that. 

 

 

[DaKahuna]

59 minutes ago, Jim_Iain said:

That’s a pretty smart idea. 

 

Royal Caribbean uses Day of the Week floor inserts in the floor of the elevators.  They start changing them at Midnight ships time each night. 

 

[MisterMet]

On 4/28/2023 at 8:06 PM, MisterMet said:

Love this story.  Graziella (Grazie) is 5 and our second Golden.  We love Goldens so much.  They are wonderful companions.  Would love to figure a way she’d get to cruise with us.

 

 

Jim

 

Forgot to post a picture of our Graziella.  She looks a lot like Luke

[Jim_Iain]

10 hours ago, DaKahuna said:

 

We arrive at pier 93 tomorrow so not many more pages will be added after that. 

 

 

 

John -  Know the feeling we arrive Rotterdam tomorrow and the dreaded luggage tags arrived last night.

[Jim_Iain]

5 hours ago, MisterMet said:

Jim

 

Forgot to post a picture of our Graziella.  She looks a lot like Luke

 

She's beautiful.     Luke's hair was the color of her undercoat but the outer was as red as her chest.

 

[Jim_Iain]

Back to town.  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Jim_Iain]

We always love to sit and watch a carousel, listen to music mixed with the thrill of children. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Jim_Iain]

Next I saw a sigh saying. A ‘Natural.   Figured it was a park or nudist camp 

 

Thankfully it was a Beautiful Garden.  We heard the clapping of thunder as a big black cloud with mushrooming Cumulus.   The air became still and you could smell the ozone I the air.   Then a shot downpour. 
 

 

 

 

Then it came down heavy and I dawned my slicker.   How could the skies behind us be so blue. 

 

[Jim_Iain]

10 minutes later sunny again. 
 

 

 

[Jim_Iain]

Doors of Honfleur 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Jim_Iain]

The thing you will remember the most are the brightly colored flower beds and the fragrant smells in the gentle breeze 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Jim_Iain]

Time to return to the ship 

 

[Jim_Iain]

After dinner we returned to the room to find these. 
 

 

The dreaded luggage tags. 
 

[upwarduk]

Did you ever find out why you are docking in Rotterdam, not Amsterdam.

[FeebeeH]

2 hours ago, Jim_Iain said:

The thing you will remember the most are the brightly colored flower beds and the fragrant smells in the gentle breeze 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jim, my husband is a keen gardener & loves your floral shots.  The style of your photos is  very similar to the ones he takes of the plants in our garden.  You have a great eye for the artistic shots.

 

[Texed]

I have really enjoyed your pictures and posts. Thanks. 🙂

[TommyD3]

3 hours ago, upwarduk said:

Did you ever find out why you are docking in Rotterdam, not Amsterdam.

Amsterdam requires transit thru a set of locks.

Rotterdam does not.

Due to global warming there is an issue with the locks requiring reduced usage.

 

[JintyGirl]

Enjoyed following along - thanks ☺️ 

[upwarduk]

3 hours ago, TommyD3 said:

Amsterdam requires transit thru a set of locks.

Rotterdam does not.

Due to global warming there is an issue with the locks requiring reduced usage.

 

So, it must be tide dependant, as cruises are still being advertised as leaving Amsterdam.
We did a repositioning  Amsterdam to Southampton, in 2012.

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[Jim_Iain]

Day in Brugee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Jim_Iain]

Crazy day really crowded in central.   Big fun fare and all kinds of circus type rides and games. 
 

 

 

Horse Chestnuts 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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