Voyage of the vikings , Amsterdam , Rotterdam

From: Ellen Servis
Subject: Voyage of the vikings , Amsterdam , Rotterdam

Hi to all,
We are on the last of our 2 day stay in Amsterdam . It has been a busy few days.  We took a tour to Rotterdam to tour the flagship the Rotterdam that has been restored to its style in the 1950's.
Many of the ships have the same names as their predecessor .
We got to see dikes and windmills enroute.
In the evening we took a candlelight canal ride with wine and a walking tour of the famous red light district,  in the rain the tour boat left us so we ended walking back but were given another tour today for free and were dropped off at the ship dock.
The city has many sights and things to do, but as my last stay was for 4 days I opted not to do the museums again.
I had never taken a canal tour so spent most of today doing same it was fun as it  was sunny and the top was opened so the views were wonderful.
Our next port will be Ireland , Waterford , Dublin for a visit with family  then Belfast as we begin the journey homeward.
Some pics for you.

from my iPad

hope all are well.
Until our next port.
Ellen
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Bergen, Norway

From: Ellen Servi
Subject: Bergen, Norway

Hi all,
We are now in Europe , this is the second largest city in Norway we are here all day.
It was raining as we docked but it has gotten sunny and beautiful , we are lucky as they get233 days of rain a year,
The dock is very beautiful with old wooden buildings from the 1400 .

More photos later as we will take the funicular to get a panorama
Later
Ellen

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