by, Jan RossOne of the absolute coolest things we have experienced on this fabulous wine tasting river cruise with AmaWaterways on the MS AmaLegro is the locks. When you navigate the Rhine and the Mosel Rivers, you have to go through several locks because they...
View of Cochemby, Jan RossEven though I said the other day was castles day, actually today was more of a real castle day, since we got to tour a real castle in Cochem, Germany, The MS AmaLegro docked very early this morning and, after breakfast,...
The AmaLegro docked in Koblenz.by, Jan RossWe docked in Koblenz very early in the morning, as we all slept peacefully and we opened our curtains to find a cobblestone street right outside our window! This is why it's a good idea to always close the...
by, Jan Ross Today was "Castles Day". And my husband could not possibly be more thrilled. The best time he has ever had was when we got to stay in a castle in Ireland, so he is in heaven with all these German castles. We cruised down...
by, Jan RossWe cruised up the Rhine River all night last night as we both slept deeply and peacefully, lulled by the gentle movement of the boat. After another fabulous breakfast (the creamiest oatmeal I have ever eaten), we headed to the forward lounge which...
by, Jan RossLaid back on the MS AmaLegro.At this very moment, I am looking out the huge picture windows (French balcony) of my stateroom on the MS AmaLegro and I see dark, velvet-green fields with cows cropping the grass and in the background, spinning merrily...
by, Jan RossAnd so it begins.We grabbed our suitcases and headed for the MS AmaLegro, the AmaWaterways river cruise ship which was berthed right near our Amsterdam hotel. The day was gray, cloudy and cold (welcome to Amsterdam in the fall!) and the warm, golden...
by, Jan Ross Our second day in Amsterdam (actually our third day but the first day consisted of us falling into bed in our hotel room and can't actually be considered a very exciting first day) was basically comprised of eating, which I'm sure will not...
By, Jan RossYou know what? There are no overweight people in Amsterdam. At least, none that we saw in our journeying around today. That's probably because virtually everyone in Amsterdam rides a bicycle. There are approximately 750,000 people living in Amsterdam and over 1,000,000 bicycles....
By, Jan Ross The Auberge Bonaparte is one of those hotels. You know the ones I mean. Those hotels you see in movies and TV shows, those hotels that you enter through a discreet and classy door on a hidden side street into an intimate and beautifully furnished...