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Almost There! Friday, September 20 Day 1

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  Here is our group on the bus leaving Berne.  We were at the Fort Wayne airport two hours before our flight left. It was a quick hop to Atlanta.  We are currently waiting for our flight to leave for Amsterdam.  We leave at 5:23pm and arrive in Amsterdam around 8am on Saturday morning (2am Indiana time). Seven us of left from Berne, while four more met us at the airport.  Others are flying from Grand Rapids, Indianapolis and other locations meeting in Amsterdam.   There will be 21 people that went through the Berne Chamber to purchase their trips.  There will be 162 people on the cruise ship all together, coming from parts unknown. We will have some time in Amsterdam to explore before our rooms are ready in the afternoon.  We will have a dinner on the ship on Saturday and then our adventure starts on Sunday morning, exploring Amsterdam by canal boat and then off on the ship to head towards the Rhine River.   This will truly be an ad...

Almost there! September 13, 2024

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  The Berne Chamber of Commerce partnered with Mayflower Cruises and Tours to offer a trip down the Rhine River.    Twenty-one people from the Berne area signed up to go on the cruise One week from today, September 20th, the journey begins.   Several of us will meet in Berne to board a bus that will transport us to fly from Fort Wayne International Airport, while others will travel from other locations in the United States.   We will all meet in Amsterdam on the 21st to begin the adventure of a lifetime. Amsterdam, the Netherlands Once we arrive in Amsterdam we will transported to the ship and then will have the afternoon to explore the unique city.  Sunday we will explore the city on a canal boat cruise followed by a welcome reception and dinner on the ship. On Monday, September 23 we depart Amsterdam to start our cruise down the Rhine River.  There are stops scheduled for many of the major cities along the way.  At each of these we wil...