Rare Vict0riann Posted August 16, 2021 #26 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Thanks, Colin - I was able to watch the sailaway on your first link, and the second link took me to a different spot. It's all good. Wow! Less than 800 passengers on board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TiogaCruiser Posted August 17, 2021 #27 Share Posted August 17, 2021 8 hours ago, kazu said: I think it should. I don’t know a way to copy the video from FB to here, sadly. Not sure if that’s deliberate or not on FB’s part. Thanks for posting that. For whatever reason, I didn’t get booted. (And I loathe FB) My neighbor’s fiancé is on that sailing and I’m pretty sure I saw her on the video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sansterre Posted August 17, 2021 #28 Share Posted August 17, 2021 1 minute ago, TiogaCruiser said: Thanks for posting that. For whatever reason, I didn’t get booted. (And I loathe FB) My neighbor’s fiancé is on that sailing and I’m pretty sure I saw her on the video. Hi Tioga Cruiser. It's been awhile since our path's crossed. Wondering what your next cruise is. We are hoping to be on the Rotterdam in October for the TA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TiogaCruiser Posted August 17, 2021 #29 Share Posted August 17, 2021 1 hour ago, sansterre said: Hi Tioga Cruiser. It's been awhile since our path's crossed. Wondering what your next cruise is. We are hoping to be on the Rotterdam in October for the TA. Hi Jean! Good to hear from you! I’ve been thinking about you when we have our “Sit and Stitch” on Zoom. Nothing booked- canceled Mexico 4-3-20. Not ready to cruise yet with Covid. DH and I actually sailed together on Prinsendam’s final voyage (Amsterdam round trip to Norway. (He had seen some pictures of Geraingerfiord in a HAL ad on the table by his seat 😇) a few years ago and said he wanted to go there- Where was that? So a few years later, we booked. Poor guy got mar de mer on the return across the North Sea. We had 14 foot seas. What a trooper, he still went to the PG with me that night. Il’ll email you later. TC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kazu Posted August 17, 2021 #30 Share Posted August 17, 2021 Happy to say I received permission from Rich to share his FB posts from the Eurodam. Here are the posts from last night: 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCTribeFan Posted August 17, 2021 #31 Share Posted August 17, 2021 I'm glad you asked him for permission. I was a little uncomfortable thinking that someone could simply go to another site and cute & paste something elsewhere without that permission! I have my FB settings so that they're only visible to friends simply because I don't want the whole world to see everything I post! Fingers crossed that my 11/14 Eurodam actually happens (will the ship have to go into quarantine or not?) and love reading reviews/seeing pics of ships before I actually sail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kazu Posted August 17, 2021 #32 Share Posted August 17, 2021 13 minutes ago, NCTribeFan said: I'm glad you asked him for permission. I was a little uncomfortable thinking that someone could simply go to another site and cute & paste something elsewhere without that permission! Oh absolutely, I wasn’t going to post without his ok. Never fear 😉 13 minutes ago, NCTribeFan said: I have my FB settings so that they're only visible to friends simply because I don't want the whole world to see everything I post! I am the same. However, Rich’s is public which means he wants lots of people following him. 13 minutes ago, NCTribeFan said: Fingers crossed that my 11/14 Eurodam actually happens (will the ship have to go into quarantine or not?) and love reading reviews/seeing pics of ships before I actually sail. Hope it can sail 🤞 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa traveller Posted August 17, 2021 Author #33 Share Posted August 17, 2021 Before I posted the original post, I had gone to the Eurodam Roll Call and saw a post from Rich indicating that he would be posting on Facebook and that people could follow him there, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kazu Posted August 17, 2021 #34 Share Posted August 17, 2021 15 minutes ago, Ottawa traveller said: Before I posted the original post, I had gone to the Eurodam Roll Call and saw a post from Rich indicating that he would be posting on Facebook and that people could follow him there, I did the same after I saw your post 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Vict0riann Posted August 17, 2021 #35 Share Posted August 17, 2021 There is also an article on the HAL Blog about the departure from Piraeus. I believe there are two Captain Smits - perhaps @Copper10-8 can tell us which one is on Eurodam? https://www.hollandamerica.com/blog/destinations/europe_new/holland-america-line-restarts-cruising-in-europe-from-piraeus/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Copper10-8 Posted August 17, 2021 #36 Share Posted August 17, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Vict0riann said: There is also an article on the HAL Blog about the departure from Piraeus. I believe there are two Captain Smits - perhaps @Copper10-8 can tell us which one is on Eurodam? https://www.hollandamerica.com/blog/destinations/europe_new/holland-america-line-restarts-cruising-in-europe-from-piraeus/ There is Captain Ane Jan Smit and Captain Vincent Smit, no relation. To make things more confusing, there was also a staff captain, and former captain, Jan Smit. "Smit" is the Dutch "Smith" so a very common name. Eurodam's captain in the pic is Vincent Smit Edited August 17, 2021 by Copper10-8 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Vict0riann Posted August 17, 2021 #37 Share Posted August 17, 2021 29 minutes ago, Copper10-8 said: There is Captain Ane Jan Smit and Captain Vincent Smit, no relation. To make things more confusing, there was also a staff captain, and former captain, Jan Smit. "Smit" is the Dutch "Smith" so a very common name. Eurodam's captain in the pic is Vincent Smit Thanks, Copper. We don't know Captain Vincent Smit - just the "other" Captain Smit. I guess he will be on board for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Copper10-8 Posted August 17, 2021 #38 Share Posted August 17, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Vict0riann said: Thanks, Copper. We don't know Captain Vincent Smit - just the "other" Captain Smit. I guess he will be on board for a while. Usually three months, but who knows in these times! Captain Vincent S has been around (with HAL since 1992 and captain since 2008) and is a friendly person 😉Taken in Topolobampo, Sinaloa, Mexico several years ago when he was in command of Ryndam Edited August 17, 2021 by Copper10-8 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Copper10-8 Posted August 17, 2021 #39 Share Posted August 17, 2021 (edited) On 8/16/2021 at 8:28 AM, VMax1700 said: https://www.facebook.com/SethonHAL/videos/1081557865987093/ I just tried it and got kicked out as I am not a facebooker. 🙄 Thanks! Just watched it; the hotel general manager (the new title for the former hotel director) is Gijsbertus “Bert” van Mackelenberg, the eco-runner. Eurodam's cruise & travel director is Karlijn Verpalen, like Bert, she's Dutch and a former travel guide Edited August 17, 2021 by Copper10-8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Gail & Marty sailing away Posted August 17, 2021 #40 Share Posted August 17, 2021 4 hours ago, Copper10-8 said: There is Captain Ane Jan Smit and Captain Vincent Smit, no relation. To make things more confusing, there was also a staff captain, and former captain, Jan Smit. "Smit" is the Dutch "Smith" so a very common name. Eurodam's captain in the pic is Vincent Smit They all look HAPPY 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kazu Posted August 18, 2021 #41 Share Posted August 18, 2021 Day 2 from Rich: 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kazu Posted August 18, 2021 #42 Share Posted August 18, 2021 Day 3 from Rich: 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir PMP Posted August 18, 2021 #43 Share Posted August 18, 2021 All looks great, keep it coming.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Vict0riann Posted August 18, 2021 #44 Share Posted August 18, 2021 How sad to see all that smoke. It should be such a beautiful sail-in. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilvertoGold Posted August 18, 2021 #45 Share Posted August 18, 2021 22 hours ago, Vict0riann said: Thanks, Copper. We don't know Captain Vincent Smit - just the "other" Captain Smit. I guess he will be on board for a while. Captain Vincent S is a someone you want to sail with. On the Westerdam pre-Covid he was very involved and worked extremely well and closely with the Hotel Director, Colin Jacob. That ship had a dream team of officers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Vict0riann Posted August 18, 2021 #46 Share Posted August 18, 2021 4 minutes ago, SilvertoGold said: Captain Vincent S is a someone you want to sail with. On the Westerdam pre-Covid he was very involved and worked extremely well and closely with the Hotel Director, Colin Jacob. That ship had a dream team of officers! We're looking forward to it. I am wondering if the officers will be allowed to mingle with the passengers at all nowadays, or if they will stay away to keep healthy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Gail & Marty sailing away Posted August 18, 2021 #47 Share Posted August 18, 2021 6 hours ago, kazu said: Day 2 from Rich: It looks MM good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kazu Posted August 20, 2021 #48 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Thursday’s report from Rich. They all appeared within a few hours of each one. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kazu Posted August 20, 2021 #49 Share Posted August 20, 2021 The next day: 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kazu Posted August 20, 2021 #50 Share Posted August 20, 2021 And, a note on the Mariner’s lunch: 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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