Viking Amsterdam to Antwerp River Tour - April and May 2022

Hi, Steve here. Thank you for joining me on the Panoramic Travels YouTube channel.

This video documents our Viking European River Cruise - Amsterdam to Antwerp - in April and May 2022 while the tulips were in full bloom! This was our second Viking river cruise. Janet and I traveled with Don and Kim, friends that we met on the Viking Grand European River Cruise in November 2019 (just before Covid).

The 10 day cruise included the Netherlands cities of Amsterdam, Hoorn, Dordrecht, Rotterdam, Gouda, Kinderdijk, Nijmegen and Maastricht. There was one stop in Germany in the city of Wesel (this was the least interesting stop on the entire cruise).

Then, we headed to Belgium where we visited Antwerp and added the post ship Ghent and Bruges extension, which I would highly recommend! This extension added so much to the trip!

During the ten day cruise, we went on twelve guided tours, five of which were optional (the video will state which ones were optional). All five optional tours were excellent, but I cannot recommend strongly enough the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial Tour in Maastricht on Day 7. It was definitely the most moving event during the entire cruise!

Once we left the Viking Kvasir we boarded a bus for a day trip in the historic city of Ghent. Then, we continued to the city of Bruges where we stayed at the beautiful Hotel Dukes’ Palace which was within walking distance of the town square. Then, we boarded a bus for Ypres, Belgium where we visited Flanders Field, the Menin Gate and the 60 Hill Battleground for some World War I history lessons.

A special thanks to all the people we met on this cruise: Elisa and Pam, George and Chris, Sherry and Sandy, Dick and Paula, Dave and Judy, Ed and Kathy, Jim and Nadine, Jennifer, Jerry and Cindy, John and Ann, Curtis and Pat, Fred and Nancy, Wayne and Barbara, Marty and Kathy, Ted and JoAnn, Richard and Karen, Gary and Gretchen, Jim and Toni, Bonnie and Wanda, Ian and Evelyn, Eric and Debra, John and Tina, Richard and Jacqueline, Mike and Debbie and Jeff and Marlena. You all definitely added a lot to the cruise! And, I thank you for your patience since I told some of you this video would be up on YouTube in July!

Please leave comments about your river cruise travels or any questions you might have.

Thank you for watching!