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Our home away from home for two weeks.
With provisions for 1,200 passengers and 550 crew members, the Veendam is a floating city.
Hear the Captain summon passengers to a lifeboat drill.
Prior to our departure from Vancouver, international pennants are displayed aboard.
Cast off!
A few passengers migrate to the Veendam bow as we depart.
This Veendam, the fourth in its series, was built in 1996.
With temperatures in the fifties, the deck chairs are not popular.
The Promenade Deck at night.
Stan enjoys the refreshingly cool air on Deck Fourteen, the Sky Deck.
A portion of the Veendam navigation equipment in action.
Deck Twelve, the Sports Deck.
Dixie relaxes, something that is easy to do on a cruise.
Even the deck chairs carry the Holland America Line logotype.
At the Veendam stern is the elegant two-deck Rotterdam Dining Room.
Both decks of the Rotterdam Dining Room are visible from here.
Often our dinner was supplemented by this delightful string trio.
Dixie is in position to welcome diners to the evening meal.
Dutch High Tea is served.
The Veendam wake fades into the distance on a calm sea.
It is 10:15 p.m. and we still have daylight.
In spite of my saying that we are on Deck Eleven, it is actually Deck Twelve.
The Crow’s Nest is a wonderful place to come in out of the cold.
Finally the sun sets at 10:30 in the evening.
By midnight the sky is dark, but not for long. The sun will rise around 4:30.
The next day Stan discovers “Stairwell Oscar” at the Veendam stern.
Get a feel for the A Deck passageway’s length.
The Veendam is elegant throughout its seven hundred fifty-foot length.
Dixie enjoys the view overlooking the bow from the Crow’s Nest, a favorite hangout.
Our Veendam voyage took us from Vancouver to Seward and back.
Green dots mark our stops; the red dot is a side trip on a small boat.
