{"id":56,"date":"2023-09-18T11:25:21","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T01:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amsterdamtobudapest.com\/?p=56"},"modified":"2023-09-18T12:26:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T02:26:25","slug":"amsterdam-21-22-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/amsterdam-21-22-june\/","title":{"rendered":"Amsterdam Cruise"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>21 June<\/h2>\n<h3>Reaching the MS Emerald Sky<\/h3>\n<p>The coach from Paris took us directly to our river cruise ship the Emerald Sky in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amsterdam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amsterdam<\/a>. The ship was built by <a href=\"http:\/\/dehoop.net\/Recent-Deliveries.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Shipyard De Hoop<\/a>. We were greeted by the Captain at a cocktail reception, which was followed by a buffet dinner.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190518183437im_\/http:\/\/www.amsterdamtobudapest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_6229.jpg\" alt=\"Emerald Sky and Viking ships\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The cruise ship in Amsterdam (it is to the right of this Viking ship)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>22 June<\/h2>\n<h3>Amsterdam, The Netherlands<\/h3>\n<p>Another sunny day. In the morning, we left in four buses, got on a glass-top canal boat cruise, and explored Amsterdam\u2019s maze of canals. We cruised past 16th-century merchant houses and charming churches dating back to Holland\u2019s Golden Age, but there was no free time in the city centre. We did not enter any venue but saw them all while driving or sailing past.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ewSJAbaKouo?si=3crL6aNP8IuHMKuz\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eqBhx1ZhTXo?si=NwxKcp43frqRLVqT\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190518183437im_\/http:\/\/www.amsterdamtobudapest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_6309.jpg\" alt=\"Amsterdam canals\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amsterdam canals<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2YfLvFxcpH4?si=x-JAX_9SYfLzpS1R\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190518183437im_\/http:\/\/www.amsterdamtobudapest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_6350.jpg\" alt=\"windmill\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A picturesque windmill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Europe River Cruise Begins<\/h2>\n<p>We returned to the ship for lunch and then departed Amsterdam at 12:30,\u00a0 sailing through the Dutch countryside, seeing canals, locks and windmills.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IfaICZ_ZYG4?si=7NKzSIJarSdKhJeY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A practice evacuation drill on the sun deck followed a mandatory safety briefing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GaPETQdjgX4?si=LnOwx6TC0DXUQb6w\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There is very little clearance above the ship, and there will be six days later when the sun deck will not be accessible by passengers.<\/p>\n<p>The cruise director hosted a slide show of the stops we will make during the cruise.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190518183437im_\/http:\/\/www.amsterdamtobudapest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_6389.jpg\" alt=\"Cruise slide show\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Slide show of the sights we will see on this cruise.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We attended a cocktail reception at 18:45, where the captain introduced the senior crew members, mostly Hungarian and Romanian. The restaurant staff is primarily Indonesian. Later, we entered Germany while we finished a formal, a-la-carte dinner. Few men wore a jacket or a tie &#8211; most came dressed casually. The next stop will be Cologne around 1 p.m. tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Most dinners will be a-la-carte affairs until the last night in Budapest, which will again be a buffet.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1>Day by day<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Days -11 to -15 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/singapore\/\">Singapore<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Days -4 to -10 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/uk-12-18-june\/\">UK<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Days -1 to -3 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/paris-escape-18-21-june\/\">Paris Extension<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 1 &amp; 2 &#8211; Amsterdam<\/li>\n<li>Day 3 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/cologne-koblenz-23-june\/\">Cologne<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 4 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/rhine-gorge-rudesheim-24-june\/\">Rhine Gorge &#8211; Rudesheim<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 5 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/miltenberg-25-june\/\">Miltenberg &#8211; Wertheim<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 6 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/wurzburg-26-june\/\">Wurzburg &#8211; Rothenburg<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 7 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/bamberg-27-june\/\">Bamberg<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 8 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/nuremberg-28-june\/\">Nuremberg<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 9 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/kelheim-regensburg-29-june\/\">Kelheim &#8211; Regensburg<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 10 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/passau-linz-30-june\/\">Passau &#8211; Salzburg &#8211; Linz<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 11 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/melk-durnstein-1-july\/\">Melk &#8211; Durnstein<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 12 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/vienna-2-july\/\">Vienna<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 13 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/bratislava-3-july\/\">Bratislava<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 14 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/budapest-4-july\/\">Budapest<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 15 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/budapest-cruise-end-5-july\/\">Homeward Bound<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>21 June Reaching the MS Emerald Sky The coach from Paris took us directly to our river cruise ship the Emerald Sky in Amsterdam. The ship was built by Shipyard De Hoop. We were greeted by the Captain at a cocktail reception, which was followed by a buffet dinner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-river_cruise","category-netherlands"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1025,"href":"https:\/\/www.netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56\/revisions\/1025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netmagellan.com\/river-cruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}