We went at this time to see the tulips before the cruise began, which we did. As expected the weather was dicey, some good days some not.

The cruise itself was very good. Food was great, company was great. We purposefully did not sit at the same table every night in order to meet new people. For the most part the free tours and the "paid extra" tours were very good. We had trouble with 2 in particular, both reported to the cruise director, who had heard complaints from others. One tour guide had a very poor command of the English language and was very difficult to understand. The pitch of her voice also made it more difficult. The tour guide who took us to the hot baths wouldn't stop talking, took us to places that we had been to already that morning and left us on our own in the baths with no direction or instructions. A lot of wasted time.

The rest of the tours and the tour guides were excellent. Although I ate double the amount of food that I normally consume in a day, I lost weight due to all the walking.