by, Jan RossWe cruised up the Rhine River all night last night as we both slept deeply and peacefully, lulled by the gentle movement of the boat. After another fabulous breakfast (the creamiest oatmeal I have ever eaten), we headed to the forward lounge which...
by, Jan RossLaid back on the MS AmaLegro.At this very moment, I am looking out the huge picture windows (French balcony) of my stateroom on the MS AmaLegro and I see dark, velvet-green fields with cows cropping the grass and in the background, spinning merrily...
by, Jan RossAnd so it begins.We grabbed our suitcases and headed for the MS AmaLegro, the AmaWaterways river cruise ship which was berthed right near our Amsterdam hotel. The day was gray, cloudy and cold (welcome to Amsterdam in the fall!) and the warm, golden...
by, Jan Ross Our second day in Amsterdam (actually our third day but the first day consisted of us falling into bed in our hotel room and can't actually be considered a very exciting first day) was basically comprised of eating, which I'm sure will not...
By, Jan RossYou know what? There are no overweight people in Amsterdam. At least, none that we saw in our journeying around today. That's probably because virtually everyone in Amsterdam rides a bicycle. There are approximately 750,000 people living in Amsterdam and over 1,000,000 bicycles....
By, Jan Ross The Auberge Bonaparte is one of those hotels. You know the ones I mean. Those hotels you see in movies and TV shows, those hotels that you enter through a discreet and classy door on a hidden side street into an intimate and beautifully furnished...
by, Jan Ross The lights of Montreal sparkled like a giant, multi-hued gemstone necklace thrown over the city but they paled in comparison to the golden lights of the Casino de Montreal as we pulled up in our taxi. Located on the shore of the St....
By, Jan Ross Montreal is a big city and we only had a few days to see as much as possible. So, since we were limited on what we could do, I'm very glad we ended up staying at the Auberge Bonaparte in Old Montreal. We...
by, Jan Ross I must say, I am pretty pleased with myself. We managed to get from the Montreal Tower all the way back to the lovely Auberge Bonaparte on the Metro - and we only took one train going the wrong way! Score! To his...
by, Jan Ross When you drive from the Montreal airport into Old Montreal, it's roughly like journeying from the 21st Century back to the 15th Century and into a story from Grimm's Fairy Tales. Aside from the people strolling the streets in skinny jeans clutching cups...