Tulip Time Part 2 picks up with the brief interview I had with AmaWaterways Executive Chef Gino Guadagni while on board the AmaSerena during our fabulous river cruise vacation this Easter. I closed Part 1 with visions of the delectable chocolate bar and a teaser about the excellent food we experienced during the weeklong cruise. Always with […]
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AmaWaterways Tulip Time River Cruise – Part 1
AmaWaterways Tulip Tour River Cruise If you’re talking about the best river cruises, certainly one has to be a river cruise that begins and ends in Amsterdam, includes viewing more varieties of voluptuous tulips than you ever dreamed existed, visiting Holland’s famous windmills, quaffing Belgian beer, sampling world-famous Holland Edam cheese, Belgian waffles, and chocolates, […]
Queen’s Day Soup
It was sheer serendipity that we were in Amsterdam for Queen’s Day on April 30th. What a way to kick-off our week-long bike/barge tour of the Netherlands! Queen’s Day commemorates the (former) Queen’s birthday and is the most widely celebrated national holiday and, with a carnival-like atmosphere, the biggest street party in Amsterdam – much […]
Broodje Haring in Amsterdam and Beyond
Famous in Amsterdam and throughout the Netherlands, I could think of no better place to experience my first Broodje Haring (raw herring in a roll) than in Zierikzee, a fishing village in Schouwen-Duiveland in the southwestern Netherlands. In Amsterdam you can have haring broodje from street carts where its served on a soft roll with […]