Cruisin' to St. Petersburg
August 19th 2013 Amsterdam.
Before we even got to Amsterdam we had to pass through a lock at Ijmuiden which separates the North Sea from the North Sea Canal that leads to Amsterdam. I actually woke up early, went to the balcony, and thought we'd reached port. The ship had stopped it's forward movement and was moving close to what I thought was the pier. I looked forward and aft and saw what I thought we
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