Viking Jarl Review

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Another good cruise with Viking - Tulip Time

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jdbirch
10+ Cruises • Age 80s

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Sail Date: Apr 2014

April 17: Cut a deal with Icelandic Air to stay in Keflavik for a day (saved enough to pay for the hotel and meals), then took a jeep tour with localguides.is to the glacier, geysir, waterfall. Pricey, but a lot of fun and includes Icelandic meals and snacks. Stayed at Hotel Berg in Keflavik and ate dinner at Cafe Duus a hundred meters away.

April 18: Up early, breakfast, and catch the hotel shuttle to the airport for the 3 hour flight to Amsterdam. Catch the Connexion van in front (buy tickets at office, cheaper for four pack) to the Doubletree beside the Central Station. Afternoon spent walking around Amsterdam from station down to the Dam Square. Dinner upstairs at the Doubletree, surprisingly good.

April 19: buy a return ticket to Enkhuizen on the train. Enkhuizen is a restored 1700s fishing village north of A-dam, hour trip on the train. Light lunch there on the site. Indoor museum was disappointing, outdoor great. Buy tickets via ferry at the VVV next to the Enkhuizen station, and walk back to the station through the town. The 'T Kleine Cafe across from the station is a nice place to wait for the next train and have a beer.

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155 square feet (and so are most of the rest). You're sleeping there, not living there - keep busy. But you will bump into each other a lot. Bad designs: the light switches on the headboard are a guarantee to turn on in the middle of the night. This cabin has some kind of hatch in front of the bath that sticks up a bit. WiFi best on the 3rd deck.Good things: night lighting in bath, plentiful 220/110 v plugs, decent desk.

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