Holland America Line

... world this time - the Med Europe, bit of west Africa and Brasil. We're sailing on the MS Rotterdam, flagship of the Holland America Line from Venice on October 22 to Rio, arriving November 16. Getting to Rome and then Venice has been a bit of a drama ...

... off the tourist trail is so much easier __________________________________________________________________________________________ South America: Part One --------------------------------------------- - My first stop in South America was ...

... or returning to it. As the cruise is coming to an end I thought I would take a few minutes to compare Holland America to Carnival the only other cruise line I have gone on. I would have to give the nod to Holland on the food for presentation, taste and ...

... agents and staff from KHM.  My friend Dana joined me and we had a great time on the Zuiderdam.  Holland America is a top of the line cruise line and it was exceptional.  The service is outstanding, the accommodations are wonderful and it ...

... a photo of the flag on our ship in as much as the red, white and blue colors are always flying since the Holland America Line is a registered Dutch company.  As we left Amsterdam our ship proceeded out the main North Sea Canal and passed through ...

... anyone interested in boats and boating/shipping history. There is just so much to see including a large collection of Holland America memorabilia, beautiful stained glass doors from grandious ships, figureheads, and that is just IN the museum. ...

... 2008 when we logged on to a number of cruise line websites to research our options.  We focused on Celebrity, Princess, Holland-America, Cunard and Costa.  We knew we wanted to travel in Europe, and since we’ve spent considerable time on ...

... deck, although it was nice (we sat out there while still in dock and called Seth to wish him a happy birthday).  Holland America line truly is the Ritz Carlton at sea. The amenities, attention to detail and level of service are amazing.... it puts ...

... That's what sustains our creativity and our intellectual life and makes the whole thing worthwhile. The downside to underground life in America is the relentless economic terrorism that grips our existence and very rarely lets up, even for a week or a ...

... myself a lot. I really like hanging out with children again. One three-year-old told me she lives in Holland and her grandma lives in America. I thought it was very cute and very smart. I have been around 1st graders that don't know they live in ...

... ;   I was smittened with her, that's for sure.  But something didn't feel right.  She didn't feel like a Holland America Line ship.  She felt different.  I shrugged it off saying she was new, and just in service.  All the ...

... a couple of times, and he's a really down-to-earth, funny Dutchman who genuinely loves his work.  (He authored a history of Holland America Line a few years ago.)  So we doll up our best and arrive at the cocktail hour to see who we'd be dining ...

... are bugging out as we take in the welcome sights of the intelligent, tolerant, well-organized social order that prevails here in Holland. We take the train into Centraal Station and hail a cab to take us directly to our new apartment in the Jordaan. I ...

... to just get on a train and end up in a different country, there are no border checks within the European Union. Coming from America this seems like a crazy idea, but then again everybody hates us so I can see why we take the precautions. On the other ...

... unfortunately the price isn’t quite so down to earth.  After spending a week traveling Europe I’m really missing South America prices!  Anyway, Amsterdam is an amazing city!  As the train pulls into the central station, you get ...

... hold the raging waters back, and 4/5ths of the city was flooded after it had escaped the brunt of the storm itself. In Holland, where the dyke system was built up to modern standards after a massive storm swamped the country in 1953, the man in charge ...

... Fund and I must turn once again to my friends and co-conspirators for temporary financial assistance while I continue my travelsin Holland and western Europe this spring. I've got just over another month to eke out an existence here in Amsterdam with no ...

... influx of a few thousand progressive white people from all over the country who have migrated in ever-increasing numbers to America's last surviving "cultural wetlands," as Michael P. Smith has called it, to enjoy the superior level of music and culture ...

... snare a table right next to the window of this quaint restaurant which gave a view out to the harbour where the Holland America Line Veendam had just berthed. Ushuaia is the jumping off point for Antarctic cruises and there were already a few tourist ...

... so rich. He also had a spill on the prostitutes working in the RLD. Most of them are from Eastern European countries and South America. When I suggested if I could take a photo of them and then run away, he literally screamed “NO DON’T DO IT ...