20240627 Thursday
A stop in Edinburgh will refresh our memories to that spot. Maybe just walk the Royal Mile….. maybe a glass in the Last Drop pub…. stand in the parking lot on top of John Knox's remains…..
But actually the ship will anchor out off South Queensferry, a western suburb of Edinburgh, and we'll tender in from there. We're 0800 to 1800 there today.
We've booked a tour over and through the Falkirk Wheel, which transports canal riverboats from one level to another; we've been curious about this thing since we first saw it advertised.
Ah, yes. The customary sea day before arrival. Actually, the 400 smiles from Edinburgh to IJmuiden cannot be done overnight, so we get a day to do it.
During which we are afforded the opportunity to give HA more money to settle our account, and to pack. Packing entails putting out into the hall the large suitcases you wish them to take ashore for you. You retain enough to sleep in and to get ashore in. If you're going straight to the airport and home you have to plan for that.
Otherwise it's a day of drink, food, and fun. Mainly drink.
20240629 Saturday IJmuiden, Netherlands
We can't depend on getting to the airport in time to catch a flight-set that would get us to JAX this day. And we choose not to get caught someplace away from home. So we're going to take a tour around the Amsterdam area that then drops us at the airport around noon.
We'll check into the airport Hilton. We can wander the airport or just loaf around the hotel.
20240630 Sunday Travel home
We have Delta flights that take us home via Atlanta that should have us in our condo by 1800 EDT.
DL071 0825 ATL 1200
DL2720 1510 JAX 1623
We'll either get Bill to bring us home or take an Enterprise.
Thanks for coming along…..
