ms Maasdam

New ship, new resolve to be better about posting. It should be easier because this is a repeating itinerary, so I am in the ports every week so I don't feel like I have to see everything in one day. I joined the Maasdam on June 16 in Boston and we are traveling up and down the coast to Montreal stopping in Bar Harbor, Maine; Halifax, Nova Scotia; Sydney, Nova Scotia; Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island; and Quebec City. We will take a respite from this itinerary on July 14, when we begin our thirty-five day “Voyage of the Viking” cruise which travels from Boston, up through Greenland, Iceland, and Norway to Amsterdam, then down to England, Ireland, Iceland and Greenland again, and back to Boston. Don't expect from July 14 through August 18. Once we return to Boston, we resume the Boston to Montreal run until October when we travel down the coast to Ft. Lauderdale and embark on a forty-two day round trip Mediterranean Cruise which includes ports in the Canary Islands, Portugal, Spain, Italy, and Morocco. I will finish my contract when we return to Ft. Lauderdale. Needless to say, I am super excited about this contract because it is the best of both worlds: Easy, seven day cruises with beautiful, repeated ports and one sea day combined with two long cruises with amazing, exotic ports of call. I look forward to seeing what the next five months bring.