I woke up at 6 am and could see a beautiful sunrise outside so got up to enjoy it. Today we have a port day at Holland America's private island, Half Moon Cay in the Bahamas. While on the balcony, I took a photo of it too. Morning on Board Then we got dressed as … [Read more...] about Nieuw Amsterdam: Half Moon Cay
Cruises
Nieuw Amsterdam: Pinnacle Grill
This is a recap of our evening at Nieuw Amsterdam's Pinnacle Grill specialty restaurant. We dined there the first night of our seven night Western Caribbean Thanksgiving sailing. We decided to have a pre-dinner drink at the Pinnacle Bar. YS and SF joined us and by the time our … [Read more...] about Nieuw Amsterdam: Pinnacle Grill
Nieuw Amsterdam: Embarkation
Today's the day we embark on our Nieuw Amsterdam cruise. We were up early and after in-room coffee decided to check out nearby breakfast options. Breakfast We found a restaurant, Black Watch, about .7 miles away with an interesting menu and it open at 7 am. It took about 25 … [Read more...] about Nieuw Amsterdam: Embarkation
Nieuw Amsterdam Pre-Cruise Travel
Over two years ago we started taking our five adult children on a cruise vacation. Because of their schedules and our budget, this was split into three cruises and the last one was scheduled for Thanksgiving week this year with our youngest son, YS , and his fiancee, SF. She's … [Read more...] about Nieuw Amsterdam Pre-Cruise Travel
Next Vacation: Nieuw Amsterdam Cruise
My only travel goal left to be completed this year is a cruise with our youngest son and his fiancee who will be known as YS and SF respectively on the blog. It will complete our mission of taking all five of our "kids" on a cruise. The itinerary and ship for this last one is … [Read more...] about Next Vacation: Nieuw Amsterdam Cruise