The river cruise part of our trip was winding down. We made some great acquaintances on the boat, and we will be keeping in touch with a couple of them for sure. Another thing we do when we travel, and we think we are so funny; we make up names for people we see over and over, and we just use them between the two of us. For instance, this guy was in charge of seeing to it that everyone that left the boat got back on. He had a very official title, and he was the one that told us on the first couple of days to "not get lost." We quickly convinced him that this wasn't our first rodeo and made a believer out of him when we told him of our self-developed excursions.
We called him Alec Baldwin. I wish I really knew what his name was, because clearly he is wearing a name tag. He doesn't look identical to Alec Baldwin, but he just resembled him to us. I didn't take pictures of everyone who reminded us of someone, but we saw people resembling a local firefighter, an eye doctor, a couple who both had too much surgery done,
and Bruce Willis.
These pictures were taken the last full day on the boat --
the day we saw the windmills up close and personal.
Of course, we wanted to climb to the highest point they would let us.
Authentic from top to bottom.
We thoroughly enjoyed checking out these windmills in their Dutch homeland. They are so different from the windmills and turbines that we see everyday in our area.
Not sure why I only took a picture of the front 1/3 of the boat. It would have been nice to show you the whole thing. Who knows what I was thinking...
I was probably in a hurry to get to my next meal -- you know, the most important part of any cruise. And don't be thinking that Mike was drinking water there on the left. The orange swizzle stick should be a dead giveaway. I drink the red for my health. My friend, Dianne, has worked as a registered nurse for a cardiologist for 30 years. She diagnosed me with cardiomyopathy about five years ago. She diagnosed herself about the same time. Not sure what brought that on, but we always use it for a good laugh whether we are near or far. We crack ourselves up. Seriously, I just have hereditary high blood pressure.
The red is maintenance. Doctor and nurse recommended.
Santa came by and said hello to two of our favorite friends on the boat. Linda and Earnestine are friends who like to travel together, and we really enjoyed getting to know them. They live in our part of the country, and it wouldn't surprise me if we see them again someday. We had quite a bit in common. Such fun!
Here's our shout out to the girls! We hated to see this part of the trip come to an end, but we were excited to see the kids and still had the whole week of Christmas ahead of us!
