Tulips and Windmills

Journey End,

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:00:00 -0400

Melbourne, United States

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 23:00:00 -0400

After a very long day of travel we are home.

Atlanta, United States

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:00:00 -0400

Back in America.

Schiphol, Netherlands

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:00:00 +0200

After seeing the cheese market in the morning, we'll take the train back to Schiphol and the airport for our flight back to America in the morning.

Alkmaar, Netherlands

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:00:00 +0200

We'll leave the river cruise behind and head out on our own by train to Alkmaar. We'll have one day to tour the city, then on Friday morning is the famous cheese market that we want to see.

The cheese market in Alkmaar.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:00:00 +0200

Back to Amsterdam. We'll tour Keukenhof Gardens in the morning and see the Ann Frank house in the afternoon.

Some of the millions of flowers in Keukenhof Gardens.

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:00:00 +0200

Overnight stop in Rotterdam.

Bruinisse, Netherlands

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:00:00 +0200

Return to the riverboat after the tour of the Delta Works.

Middelburg, Netherlands

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:00:00 +0200

A morning tour of the city and a visit to the great Delta Works.

Ghent, Belgium

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 10:00:00 +0200

We'll do a motor coach tour of Brugge in the morning and have the afternoon to explore Ghent.

Antwerp, Belgium

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 10:00:00 +0200

City tour of Antwerp and some free time to explore on our own.

Antwerp street with the Cathedral in the background.

Kinderdijk, Netherlands

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:43:04 +0200

19 working windmills are here. We'll tour one of them at this UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Sunrise this morning at Kinderdijk.

The windmills at Kinderdijk.

Nijmegen, Netherlands

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:00:00 +0200

Arnhem, Netherlands

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 07:03:23 +0200

After an overnight cruise, we'll stop here to tour the summer residence of the Dutch Royal Family and maybe the WWII battlefield.

A hazy morning on the Rhine River as we cruise toward...

The view from dockside in Arnhem. The tour busses await our...

Summer palace of the Dutch Royal Family.

Hoorn, Netherlands

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:02:53 +0200

Our first port after a morning cruise from Amsterdam.

The Old Port in Hoorn

Shopping street in Hoorn.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 08:53:16 +0200

We will board our Viking River Cruise ship here, but we will stay in Amsterdam for a couple of days to tour the city.

Amsterdam flower market on a rainy day.

Amazing variety of bulbs.

Old idea. New design in new Amsterdam.

Sailing to Hoorn this morning. Watched the sun rise on the...

Looking towards Amsterdam Central Station.

The view from our room. Our river boat is in the group just...

What a difference a day makes. The view from our cabin on...

Atlanta, United States

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 14:00:00 -0400

Atlanta airport. Here we board our flight to Amsterdam.

Melbourne

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 11:00:00 -0400

Melbourne, Florida airport. Start of first leg of journey.