Amsterdam Adventures!

Amsterdam

Photo – MINE

It’s fast approaching my trip to Amsterdam with my Mam for our birthdays. As you will remember from my post HERE about being scared of boats, now I have conquered this fear, I consider myself an official sailor.

Given that some of my most memorable holidays have included a boat ride, I definitely think a city cruise around Amsterdam is in order to see all the sites but I have been grilling everyone for their top must-see’s in Amsterdam……

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Escaping Amsterdam – Finding Holland’s hidden gem

Escaping Amsterdam – Finding Holland’s hidden gem

If you follow my social streams, you will undoubtedly know that Paul and I recently ventured to Utrecht in Holland with DFDS via Amsterdam. If not, you can check out some of my snaps and tweets using #UtrechtUncut

To keep the posts to a reasonable length, I thought I would break them down in to more bite size chunks.

First up, how we got to Utrecht.

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You can now find me over at DFDS

DFDS Air show 2

If you remember my post about the Sunderland Air Show from a few weeks, you’ll be pleased to know that it also now appears on the DFDS Seaways blog.

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DFDS Sunderland Air Show Sailing

DFDS Sunderland Air Show Sailing

When asked what my number 1 fear is, I say boats. Without shadow of a doubt. Does it stop me from experiencing new things? No, I have rode speedboats in Cuba, traversed the Rhine in a boathotel, Gondola’s in the Grand Canal and sailed around Manhattan – and hated every single minute of it. DFDS challenged me on my fear.

Taking the bull by the horns, the Sunderland Air Show sailing would be the perfect time to beat my fear once and for all. At 32 years old, if I can manage a day at sea, imagine the places I could go!

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DFDS Food Showcase

On a bright Monday morning, I found myself port side at the DFDS Ferry Terminal in North Shields after being promised a day of culinary delight. Sounds good right? Not if you are as scared of boats as I am! Nevertheless, I was wearing my big girl pants and sucked it up, donned my hi vis and set foot aboard the King Seaways.

Running to a daily schedule from Newcastle to Amsterdam, the weekend cruises are infamous in the North East as we are proud to call the route our own. I had reservations before I went as I thought it would be all burgers, chips, lager and pre packed food for the drunken masses.

I was wrong. So very wrong.

DFDS Seaways Food Showcase

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