THE SCOTTISH ADVENTURES OF A CRUISE SHIP ADDICT

IMAGES TO FOLLOW - CAN'T SEEM TO UPLOAD THEM! Waking up, it felt like a major decision... Amsterdam... or not! The answer came in the form of my legs. They went NO! In capitals, emboldened and underlined. Definitely not! We could have. The ship had buses running to and from Amsterdam all through the night, and staff were taking full advantage of their time ashore. I bet there was quite a few sore heads from passengers and crew in the morning!    So today was spent in the vicinity of the ship. After breakfast, Evie decided she wanted to go to the beach. Last night, we saw a big sign saying 'Beach, Marina'. Perfect! However, the walk to the cruise terminal and then out to the signs was enough for me. I got some photos and very slowly wandered back to the ship. It's amazing how quickly I learn where the rest spots are! My gallant efforts were rewarded with a Costa iced decaf coffee!   Eating on board the ship is like an Olympic sport. As well as the usual breakfast, lu...

Finally in Amsterdam! Evie agreed to wake me in the morning, but forgot that her alarm was set on UK time, not European time, so we were a hour late waking! No time for breakfast, it was up and out...   The shuttle was just nicely busy at 8am with no queues and not a long wait. Luckily Evie had snaffled some biscuits from the room, so this was a rather impromptu brekkie. P&O lied! In their on board programme it said the transfer time was 50-60 minutes. Actually it was 30 minutes. The shuttles are running frequently between the Cruise Terminal and Amsterdam for most of the day and evening. Then tomorrow we can do it all again as we are staying overnight.   We were dropped off just down from Central Station, next to the River boats. That was a fascinating experience. There must have been about 30 river boats there. On seeing them, Evie wants to go on one. We walked to Central Station, couldn't find how to do bus tickets and left. My health hasn't been too good and I can...