Final thoughts on our 2025 Europe trip on the water…
Over the past 28 days we have:
– Taken 2 cruises – one river cruise with Emerald- slightly disappointing & a great 2 week sea cruise with Holland America ⛴️π’
– The river cruise was from Basel in Switzerland to Amsterdam, while the sea cruise was around Norway Fjords
- Taken 6 trains - in Switzerland & the Netherlands πππππππ¨ππ³π±
– Had 4 flights totalling 43 hours in the air ✈️π«✈️π¬✈️
– Spent 18 hours sitting in airports πͺπͺππ₯π£π π
– Travelled through 8 countries π¨ππ©πͺπ«π·π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώπ³π΄π©π°π³π±πΈπ¬
– Visited the lion of Lucerne, an idea taken from a fascinating photo of my parents 40 years ago π¦πΈ
– Were in Amsterdam for the Kings 'Orange' birthday celebrations – now that is a country who knows how to party!π₯³π§‘
- Visited some beautiful ports in Norway especially Eidfjord & Stavanger π️π‘
– Looked over the steep hill vineyards in Germany as we cruised past π⛴️π»
- Visited the Orkney Islands- Kirkwall. Some of the friendliest people we have ever met! ☺️ππ€©
– Drank approx 115 beers πΊπΊ
– About 160 cocktails between us (drinks package)πΈπΉ
- Walked around 15 000 steps a day which equals about 211 kms! π₯Ύπ₯Ύ
– Climbed over 7000 steps on the ships π’ π³️
– The only negatives were the smell of cannabis π¬ π in the streets everywhere in Amsterdam. And between us, Graeme experiencing a meniscus tear in his knee π§♂️ & getting covid π¦ π·. Then me experiencing food poisoning on long plane flights homeπ€’
But all in all – we met some lovely people ππ♀️π♂️π & really enjoyed cruising, especially the sea cruise – would cruise Norway again any time! π³️π
