Thanks to Betsy Majma for sharing this touching story about cruising on Zuiderdam with her mother-in-law. My mother-in-law had never been on a vacation her whole life that did not include visiting relatives. We waited for years for her husband to exit his misery so that she would be free to travel without worrying about… read more of “Taking my…”
Category: Shore Excursions
We have been on several cruises as a family. After taking the grandkids on 2 cruises we took them to Disney World. On the flight home they said they liked Disney a lot but would rather do another cruise. They were and 5 and 6 at the time and are now 13 and 14 and… read more of “Family Fun with…”
Guests Jan and Dick Yetke set sail on Prinsendam’s 64-day Grand Mediterranean Voyage in March, and we’ll catch up as quickly as possible. Enjoy the journey with Jan and Dick! Here we are at our first stop in Israel. We have been here before, but chose a different tour this time. We did: “Jaffa on… read more of “Cruise Diary:…”
Guests Jan and Dick Yetke set sail on Prinsendam’s 64-day Grand Mediterranean Voyage in March, and we’ve just received these wonderful posts. We’ll catch up as quickly as possible. Enjoy the journey with Jan and Dick! This was our first ever stop in Cyprus. Not sure if you all know this, but Cyprus is a… read more of “Cruise Diary:…”
Guests Jan and Dick Yetke set sail on Prinsendam’s 64-day Grand Mediterranean Voyage in March, and we’ve just received these wonderful posts. We’ll catch up as quickly as possible. Enjoy the journey! It was a beautiful morning when we arrived in Casablanca. We had an all day tour booked: The Imperial City of Rabat. It… read more of “Cruise Diary:…”
Thanks to Prinsendam’s Night Audit Officer Candra for these exciting photos of Egypt’s Great Pyramids and the Sphinx. Here are pictures are taken from our crew tour in Alexandria, Egypt. We all had a great time to see the wonder of the ancient world, this is truly a once in a lifetime experience.
Another port I had visited during my early years, in those days on cargo ships and loading bags of fishmeal, now I was here on a magnificent cruise ship; I wonder what thoughts would have been passing through my mind, had I seen the Amsterdam arriving during my days as a cadet…… A gale was… read more of “Captain’s…”
During our recent visit to Egypt and Israel some in our crew were fortunate enough to visit the pyramids and also Jerusalem. The highlights of the Egypt tour were the Giza Pyramids, the Great Sphinx and also the Egyptian Museum. This photo shows the 41 crew members in front of the Great Sphinx and the… read more of “Prinsendam Crew…”