Mike Faust, editor of Cruise Currents, is currently sailing on board Eurodam for a seven-night eastern Caribbean cruise and will be chronicling his trip for us. Here is his first post. Well, I am finally on board Holland America Line’s beautiful ms Eurodam, and I am already blown away by HAL! This morning began with… read more of “Cruise Diary:…”
Guest Chef Sarah Grueneberg sailed on Volendam this month and conducted cooking demonstrations in the ship’s state-of-the-art Culinary Arts Center. Grueneberg is the executive chef at Spiaggia in Chicago, Ill., and was a finalist on “Top Chef: Texas.” Grueneberg shared her delicious recipes, and we’ll be featuring them in a few posts over the coming… read more of “Recipe: Sicilian…”
20th February, Adelaide and 21st February, Penneshaw, Kangaroo Island No photos of Adelaide, I’m afraid. The port lies on an outlying promontory and Adelaide itself is a 45-minute bus, (or train) ride from the Amsterdam. Having transited the shallow and winding channel and then swinging in the turning basin, we berthed port-side to at the… read more of “Captain’s…”
Here are more Carnival photos taken by Maasdam’s Chief Electrician Don MacLeod. Maasdam called at Rio de Janeiro just in time and we were able to take in the festivities. Enjoy!
Blog contributor and HAL Mariner Fred Claessen currently is on board Rotterdam’s “A Passage to the Far East” cruise and will be sending in posts from this extended voyage. This was taken on the pier at Bali today.
Guest Sharon Johnson and her husband are cruising again with HAL, this time on Zaandam’s 21-Day Collectors’ Voyage to Mexico and Hawaii. Sharon will chronicle their cruising experience for us on the blog. Enjoy! Feb. 14, 2013: Today Al and I took the “Deluxe Coastal Cruise with Whale Watching” tour while we were in Cabo… read more of “Cruise Diary: Cabo…”
Thanks to Rotterdam’s Pinnacle Grill Manager Martijn van Winden for these photos from the restaurant’s special Valentine’s Day dinner.
Dutch TV host and adventure seeker Charlotte van Hoorn was on board Noordam for a Caribbean cruise and sent in posts during her voyage. Favorites of a 3-Star Mariner: Beverage Events – Scotch tasting There is so much more to life than water. On a cruise, the ship deals with H2O and I report what… read more of “Cruise Diary:…”
