"Maasdam" Europe Travelogue by seagoingJLW


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Lower Promenade Deck

Visited Lisboa, Cadiz, Casablanca, Gibraltar, Cagliari in Sardinia, Palermo in Sicily, La Goulette (Tunis) in Tunisia, Valetta in Malta, Ancona, Italy and Venice.

Here I am on HAL's Maasdam's wonderful wraparound deck. All of the Holland America ships have this Lower Promenade Deck that really goes all the way around.

Flowers

Holland America is famous for having fresh flowers everywhere.

Front Office

Irwin is at the Purser's Desk on the Maasdam.

Piano Bar

The Piano Bar on the Maasdam with Randall Barnes presiding. What a great entertainer he is!!

Dining Room

This is the beautiful balconied dining room. Notice that the ceiling is all Murano glass.

The orchestra plays at dinner.

Casino

Here's the onboard casino.

Cabin

Here's Irwin in our cabin.

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    egonwegh Sep 27, 2006 at 12:52 AM Report Abuse

    Hard to believe that some people would pay others to relieve them of their task of working in a library! (This comes from a librarian ...)

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    travelgourmet Dec 2, 2004 at 11:47 PM Report Abuse

    The Ocean Princess was not that steady a ship. I had travelled twice on the Ocean Princess in the 80's. I heard it had gone down in the 90's, reporting no casualties.

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    Dumpymotel Sep 8, 2004 at 6:19 PM Report Abuse

    Hi -- How did you like the song of norway ? on a scale of 1-10? I know it was an older ship but I've heard good things about it.

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    nigelw6443 Jul 29, 2003 at 8:42 AM Report Abuse

    Ahh! I worked on this one too in Victoria, B.C.

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    Sophie1980 Mar 30, 2003 at 5:47 PM Report Abuse

    I've only been on 1 cruise so far, (around the Caribbean), but it was a great way to travel, and I hope to do it again sometime. Your photos reminded me of my trip!

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    Trina2383 Jan 29, 2003 at 7:20 AM Report Abuse

    wonder pictures and info! THanks!!!

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    Leipzig Dec 20, 2002 at 1:45 AM Report Abuse

    Beautiful photos on travelogues! Very informative timeline for Northern Europe ! Well done

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    genispp Sep 14, 2002 at 9:40 AM Report Abuse

    Great page and beautiful travelogues

  • javarach Aug 9, 2002 at 3:26 PM Report Abuse

    Really interesting as I am going on a tour of the ship soon

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    JudyinPA Apr 24, 2002 at 3:40 PM Report Abuse

    Wonderful Eruopean history and great cruises

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