So where are we going you ask? We decided that we should see Russia and the Baltic's and maybe hook up a River Cruise down the Rhine, Main and the Danube. So right now we are in the planning mode doing a lot of research. We have settled on 2 Holland American Cruises linked together that does a 34 day Kiel Canal, Spitsbergen, & the Icelandic Fjords, and a 14 day Scottish Highlands Explorer, then to end it up with a 15 night European Tour down the Rivers. This will happen next summer and take up a lot of our summer. You have to travel to the Baltic's and Russia in the summer because well we just don't want to be cold and miserable.
For the Holland American 2 cruises we will travel on the smallest ship that they own. MS Prinsendam capacity of 835 guests, we have traveled to the Mediterranean on her. She is Intimate, comfortably spacious and small enough to explore destinations larger ships cant reach. She is really a elegant ship. Both will leave out of Amsterdam Netherlands and we will keep our same cabin on both itineraries. We are 5 star Mariners now and will get some free perks and Free laundry (very important perk) along with 50% discount on Wine....
For our River cruise we choose Viking River Cruises because they gave us a discount for traveling with them way back in 2010 and well we liked her itineray and stops along the way. We will have all our clothes cleaned and pressed courtesy of HAL when we board this longship named Magni.
I will be posting more information as I gather it to share. So this should be a fun adventure so come along and join us