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Wednesday 6 August, it's 7pm, time for more food! 7pm, time for more food. Some people stayed in Cologne to try to have local food for dinner (wurst and schnitzel) I had the Beef Tataki, Rheinischer Sauerbraten and Salty Caramel for dessert. Towards the end of the cruise, Mumma Katie said...

Wednesday 6 August Why not start with a good omelette for brekky? That morning, half of the group had a ~1.5-2hr lesson with Patty Lyons. Mumma Katie and I had our lesson later in the week, so we went up on the deck in front of the wheelhouse for chatting and knitting as we sailed towards...

Tuesday 5 August cont. Each night there was a devoted sip and sail hour with free (included) coughtails, wines and beer (Bitte ein Bit! on tap ;)) Here's the menu. Most nights I had a cosmo or two, if I could get my order in quickly enough with Elena. Cosmo - any recognise my notions bag...

Wednesday is on Netflix Nine Perfect Strangers is on Amazon Prime. Agree, just finished watching the last ep. Pugsley has had the teenage growth spurt! 😛 I’m currently wondering if Billie’s character was telling Enid porky pies.

We've almost finished watching Wednesday season 2. Mr Katie and I started the second season of Nine Perfect Strangers the other day, already finished 3 episodes.

Tues 5 August - Amsterdam then cruising towards Cologne At some point maybe after dinner, our boat swapped places with the one next to us, so that boat could be right at the dock for its embarkation on Tuesday. We woke up on the water in Amsterdam and there was a canal cruise on offer as the...

Monday 4 August - here's the first cruise food post! Oh holy moly cannoli, I was not expecting this much food! Thank goodness portion sizes were European, and also you can order as few courses as you choose!! On the first night, we took a little while to get down to the restaurant, and ended...

Monday 4 August still ... Oops, after lunch, we wandered, stopped for a mimosa (and free wee, well, for the price of a mimosa) and went back to Stephen and Penelope! I'm sure it's a rule that knitters MUST go to Stephen and Penelope every day while they're in Amsterdam. On our way, we...

Monday 4 August, cont. L plate tram driver - wonder if they have to do 100 supervised hours like kids in Queensland?? :p After checking out of the DT and leaving our luggage with the bell desk, we made our way to the Beursplein for a walking tour, boked through what appears to be a Spanish...

Oops, some signs of life from Mr Katie and his mate on Saturday night. Coffee after MKM (Mr Katie's Mate) arriving on the Eurostar to BRU and getting their hire car: We did the Anzac day dawn service at Villers-Bretonneux with MKM in 2018, but it was a quick trip for him and he didn't make it...

Monday 4 August - EMBARKATION DAY! The day we've been waiting two years for!! 😍 Last Doubletree breakfast, and some pics of the great spread Order card for Silvers for omelettes, eggs or pancakes And I'm sure I missed a few things. A really great range of hot, cold, local, western...

Sunday 3 August cont. We caught trams to the Rijksmuseum and then Haarlemmerplein for - you guessed it - another visit to Stephen and Penelope! 😍 Along the way we saw this very good boy on a tram: I have a boy dog, so all dogs are boys until proven otherwise. ;) So, Stephen West is famous...

Sunday 3 August Another yummy Doubletree buffet breakfast. I kept to my Euro brekky and Mumma Katie kept to her more Aussie/Brit style brekky. I had to try the Smurfen Hagelslag ... it didn't taste like smurfs. I think. But maybe I wasn't being enough like Gargamel. :P The main agenda for...

Saturday 2 August ... last post about this one day!!! 🤣 We were thinking of going up to the rooftop bar at the Doubletree*, but were just too tired. We decided to have dinner in the hotel's restaurant, We are Edn. The restaurant is large, and part was cordoned off and not used at dinner...

Sat 2 August still We walk back towards the tram lines and grab a tram to Konigsplein and Spui. I googled for Pride merchandise, and found some listed for the University of Amsterdam. Way back in 1998 on my first trip to AMS, I bought a Uni of Amsterdam jumper which I have loved almost to death...

My guess is from LOTFAP.

Saturday 2 August still ... :) OK, so we make it to the Rijksmuseum, I have that stupid broken brolly with me and a large water bottle. I completely forget I have some Nano bags in my handbag ... this will be pertinent in a couple of sentences. We hang around the information desk, waiting...

Saturday 2 August, cont. After dropping off our laundry, we went to the nearest metro station to make our way to the Rijksmuseum. We get there and both ticket machines are out of order. :( A quick Google, and I discover we can use our credit cards to tap and go, so we do! Phew! We transfer from...

No paper towels, dryers only in BNE Intl lounge on Friday 5/9 and SYD Domestic J Lounge on Monday morning 8/9. Singapore F still had them on Sunday night. I saw the signs about paper towels not being recyclable ... and thought that may be true, but they are certainly compostable. Hard to stop...

Based on my experience in March this year, no, you won't.