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Month: April 2019

April 28, 2019October 9, 2019 Andrew

Amsterdam and King’s Day celebrations

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We left Lisse for Amsterdam (the Netherlands’ capital, known for its artistic heritage, elaborate canal system and narrow houses with gabled facades) to be there

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April 28, 2019October 9, 2019 Andrew

Alphen aan den rijn to Lisse

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(Alphen aan den Rijn is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland, between Leiden and Utrecht, situated on

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April 23, 2019October 9, 2019 Andrew

Keukenhof pictures

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Spent a lovely couple of days in Lisse (a town south west of Amsterdam, known for the Keukenhof gardens, which has millions of spring-flowering bulbs

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April 18, 2019October 9, 2019 Andrew

Gouda

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Leaving Dordrecht, we eased our way into the very busy waterway towards Rotterdam with a massive amount of activity around us until we turned off

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April 16, 2019October 8, 2019 Andrew

Dordrecht via Biesbosch

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The waterways were a bit busy on the way to the Biesbosch Nature Reserve (one of the largest national parks of the Netherlands and one

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April 12, 2019October 9, 2019 Andrew

Tholen to Willemstad

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We departed Wemeldinge about mid day and had a leisurely cruise to Tholen (established in the 13th century as a tollbooth on the Eendracht (a

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April 6, 2019October 9, 2019 Andrew

2019 cruising starts again

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Day 1 – Into the Netherlands Setting off from our winter mooring at Bruges (capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in

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  • October 2025, Part 1 (1st to 15th) October 16, 2025
  • September 2025 – Part 2 (16th to 30th) October 2, 2025
  • September 2025 – Part 1 (1st to 15th) September 19, 2025
  • August 2025 – Part 2 (16th to 31st) September 3, 2025
  • August 2025 – Part 1 (1st to 15th) August 16, 2025
  • July 2025 – Part 2 (16th-31st) August 4, 2025
  • July 2025 – Part 1 (1st to 15th) July 23, 2025
  • June 2025 – Part 2 (16th to 30th) July 1, 2025
  • June 2025 – Part 1 (1st to 15th) June 17, 2025

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