Up early for a nice jog/walk around the fish market waterfront. Warm and muggy. After a nice breakfast in the hotel we took an Uber over to the ship a little after noon, went through security and reached our cabin a bit after 1:00. Quite painless.
We're on the Volendam with about 1350 passengers, 500 crew. It's one of the smallest Holland ships.
Our room is on deck 3, its called a Lanai. At first glance, I don't like it. It opens right on to the promenade deck so people are walking by. Fortunately, the glass in one-way so they can't see in. We have two lounge chairs right outside the door, but already other people have been sitting there! I would rather have had the type room we're used to on the upper decks, with a private balcony.
The ship left the dock at 4:00, right on time. It's always fun to watch the "sail away" with nice views of the city disappearing into the distance. It's sunny hot and humid! I found it interesting that there was nothing going on at the container port. I wondered why?
After exploring the ship we connected with our travelling buddies, Larry and Paula Nappi. We met for dinner in the main dinning room and had a fine meal - they never disappoint.
Evening entertainment was a funny comedian followed by a few minutes listening to the various musicians at their pianos.
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