Part of the fun of this trip was knowing I would be visiting counties that my ancestors called home. The Netherlands were home to the Pralls, Swarts, Titsoorts, Christoffels, Lies and a handful of others hailed from the Netherlands. St. John/Sension/Santken, Dally, DuBois, Billiou and others called Belgium [Flanders and Wallonia].
The first day in Amsterdam was spent wandering around town and taking a canal boat cruise. The architecture, dating back beyond the 1600s in many cases, was incredible.
Day 2 began with a train trip to Antwerp. We walked through the town viewing equally impressive buildings, before returning to Amsterdam. We hooked up with Miriam's sister and brother-in-law to wander through Amsterdam's short red-light district, grab dinner and get ready for the cruise.
We spent Cruise Days 1 &2 boarding the Brilliance of the Seas and at sea bound for Denmark.
Cruise Day 3: Skagen, Denmark. We walked through the town and visited a few shops. I bought a neat t-shirt with a Viking and his dog on a boat and a small Viking boat with Viking. Miriam found a Lego set of the Lego House in Denmark. Skagen was one of my favorite stops. Plenty of photos were taken and post cards purchased.
Oh, by the way, we spent the 4th of July at sea with tributes to Independence Day onboard. That included 4th of July Trivia. We won! That included having to correct a multiple choice question that had three wrong answers!
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