Monthly Archives: May 2025

Food on Holland America Zaandam

Posted on May 30, 2025 by LBcruiseshipblogger

Holland America Zaandam doesn’t have an extensive variety of eateries like some huge ships have, but there’s plenty to eat and nobody ever need go hungry while sailing on any cruise ship, even a smaller one like the Zaandam. Food … Continue reading →

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Cisternerne

Posted on May 26, 2025 by LBcruiseshipblogger

When looking up things to do before our visit to Copenhagen on the way to our Viking river cruise out of Budapest, I came across a place called Cisternerne. It’s an art exhibition inside of an old cistern. It wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Viking Longship Cabins on Viking Skirnir

Posted on May 23, 2025 by LBcruiseshipblogger

Viking Skirnir is one of many of Viking’s longships sailing Europe’s rivers. Sister ships to the Skirnir have identical deck plans. There are no inside cabins on a longship, but the below water level cabins just have long narrow windows … Continue reading →

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Puerto Montt, Chile Cruise Port

Posted on May 16, 2025 by LBcruiseshipblogger

Puerto Montt is a city in southern Chile. It’s the capitol of the Los Lagos region and serves as a gateway to the Lake District, the Andes Mountains, and the Chilean part of Patagonia. It has a population of over … Continue reading →

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Moorea Cruise Port

Posted on May 9, 2025 by LBcruiseshipblogger

Bahia d’ Opunoha or Opunohu Bay is where cruise ships often anchor when visiting Moorea in the Society Islands of French Polynesia. Passengers tender to a pier near the small remote town of Papetoai. There isn’t much near the pier … Continue reading →

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Saint Martin Cruise Port

Posted on May 2, 2025 by LBcruiseshipblogger

Saint Martin is a 34-square mile island that is half French and half Dutch. The story is that a Frenchman and a Dutchman started out from the same spot walking the perimeter of the island in opposite directions with the … Continue reading →

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