Vacationing in Europe, advice appreciated

[knlgskr]

We will be visiting the following cities on our cruise and will appreciate any advice provided as to things to see, do, visit, avoid, places to shop and what to purchase. Our thanks to all who respond and those of you on my friends/contacts list with whom I have been in contact with previously. If someone had told me I would be experiencing this when I was living on a farm in Kansas; I would have thought it wishful thinking. Likewise, if there are those who will be visiting Northern California; we would be happy to reciprocate to those interested. We enjoy traveling and sharing our experiences with others doing the same and if there is something we can do to make their trip(s) easier/more enjoyable; we try to do so.

Richard & MaryClaire Belton [email protected]

Thursday-Friday, 13 & 14 Sep: Copenhagen, Denmark

Saturday, 15 Sep: Oslo, Norway

Monday, 17 Sep: Bremerhaven (Bremen), Germany

Tuesday, 18 Sep: Amsterdam, Holland

Wednesday, 19 Sep: Zeebrugge (Bruges), Belgium

Thursday, 20 Sep: Le Harve, France

Friday, 21 Sep: Southhampton, England

Sunday, 23 Sep: Gijon, Spain

Monday, 24 Sep: Vigo, Spain

Tuesday, 25 Sep: Lisbon, Portugal

Thursday, 27 Sep: Ponta Delgada, Azores

 

[ElliotR]

Amsterdam - Van Gogh Museum if you love art

 

[oc_in_fw]

Amsterdam - Van Gogh Museum if you love art

Don't forget the Ann Frank museum

 

[SmokeyD]

Bruges/Belgium. Just go to the center of town and take it from there. You won't be disappointed. Get some chocolates. But be aware: only 5 real chocolate makers. All the rest is factory made for tourists...cheaper too... Go to Chocolate Line (Great display, long waiting time sometimes, expensive), Depla,... I prefer the latter. Others I don't recall the names, right now. These are all within 5 min walking from town center/Market Square. Also nice is a boat trip on the canals. About half an hour and 6€ or so. Worthwhile. I'll probably see your ship coming in. They all dock here and I can see the traffic while working.

 

[Searlands]

Amsterdam - Heineken Factory.

I'm not into this sort of things, but my wife and I visited the famous "red light district". A real eye opener and must see.

 

[Chico]

Amsterdam:
First of all, you want to go by public transport, using the trams and maybe metro. Take a look at the Dam. Behind the Dam there is MagnaPlaza, guess your wife would like to shop RLD is fun when visiting in the evening.
A tour with a canalboat can be nice. There you will sight things like the Schreierstoren, smallest house of Amsterdam and more. The flower market is sweet, next to Muntplein. Maybe good to know what thiungs are interesting to you both?

 

[alias]

If you're interested in visiting museums the SeaCity Museum opened in Southampton this year. It's a museum which explores the history of Southampton of which the Titanic is a large part - Southampton obviously being the city from which it departed. The museum is situated in the city centre and is only walking distance from a large shopping mall called West Quay. You might find some nice English shaving goods in one of the larger department stores like John Lewis.

If you're time in Southampton isn't too limited you could look into taking a short ferry ride over to the Isle of Wight or even taking a coach trip to Stonehenge - but travelling time to Stonehenge is about an hour each way so whether that was a possibility or not really would depend on how much time you have on shore.

Hope you enjoy!

 

[Nils]

As a city, Bremerhaven doesn't amount to much, but has two very good museums: Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum (maritime museum, histoy of shipping and seafaring) and Deutsches Auswandererhaus (about the history of German emigration overseas)

Website in English: http://www.dah-bremerhaven.de/english.php

 

[jesperw]

How was the trip?