Pumped and ready to go?  Yeah, I’m pretty sure we weren’t, but, nevertheless, we were up and about at 6:15 am, checking out and catching a cab by 7:15, and arriving at the airport by 7:50. Getting through security was only a minor headache: after an security agent unpacked our carefully packed souvenir bag, we had to…

And for the culmination of our trip: a visit to the Miniature Wünderland!! Up at the bright early time of 6:15, so we could be out on the streets of the city by 7:15, for an arrival at Miniature Wünderland by 8:00. We made it with ten minutes to spare. At 8:00 we were in! I…

Ugh!  Up at 5:00 am, so we could catch our cab to the airport at 6:00.  But we got downstairs with 10 minutes to spare. We said our goodbyes to Nandor, piled into the cab and we were off. The ride to the airport was fast!  It was supposed to take about an hour, but…

This morning we jumped out of bed at 6:15 am.  Mostly we jumped because our phones were plugged in at the end of the bed and we had to turn off the alarm. After getting ready, we headed down for a nice breakfast in the hotel restaurant, then hopped onto the tour bus for a…

We arose at 6:15 to get ready for our next big adventure: leaving The Netherlands, heading to Belgium. We finished packing up our baggage and  headed down to a good breakfast at the Renaissance restaurant around 7:15.  We saw our travel companions for the first time since we got off the canal boat in Amsterdam.…

This morning, we awoke, both thoroughly refreshed and tired from too much sleep. With our bedtime of 9:00 the night before and getting up around 8:00am, we got around 11 hours of glorious sleep, more than making up for the 4 we’d gotten the last night on the boat! For the next hour, we dawdled…

And, we’re up!  It’s 5:30!  Way to early for our last day on the boat, especially with only 4 and a half hours of sleep.  Ugh!! Everything was packed and ready to go, so after a quick shower and dressing, we put our bags out by the door to be picked up and taken to…

Like yesterday, we were up at 7:00 am this morning.  Only today, we’re no longer in Germany. We’re in The Netherlands. First views of The Netherlands Since this would be our last full day on the ship, we decided that packing was in order, so after getting our morning showers, we started to plan for…

We slept in until 7:00 am today. Seems strange to say that, but I think that’s probably the latest we’ve slept throughout the trip! First thing to note: it is raining. We had breakfast around 8:00 and as we were finishing up, the boat was docking in the city of Cologne. By 9:15, we were…

Up and ‘em bright and early (again) at 6:30 am!! This morning, we had breakfast with Roger from Corpus Christi, TX, at around 8:00.  His wife was feeling too much of the effects of the night before (too much champagne in the lounge), so she slept in. Immediately after breakfast we headed up onto the…