Spring River Cruise in the Netherlands
Small river cruise ships not only give their passengers an opportunity to see much of the countryside along the rivers and canals, but they can dock in small villages, enabling guests to visit places that are inaccessible to larger vessels. Our Dutch journey cruise on the river cruise ship the Viking Europe spent a day and a half in Amsterdam but sailed northward to Noord Holland late one afternoon, just in time to have a dinner cruise on the way to Volendam, 20-25 kilometers north of Amsterdam. Many cruise ships and tours visit Amsterdam. I had visited there myself twice before. Although I thoroughly enjoyed visiting Amsterdam and loved both of these vacations, neither of these trips gave me time to venture outside of this major Dutch city into the Netherlands countryside. Not long after leaving Amsterdam on the Viking Europe, we came upon our first lock of the cruise. The Netherlands is covered with canals and rivers.
