North Holland Boat Bike-great week

This was an excellent week’s touring from the warm reception at the beginning to the handshakes and even hugs on departure. The cabins were much better than our previous experience. They are still small but we spent very little time in them. They were thoroughly cleaned and ordered each day. The ship cruising and cycling itinerary were really interesting, scenic, variable and of course the cycling was on such excellent Dutch cycleways.Food and service on board was first class from the breakfast spread to the evening multi course dinner. Beers were reasonable, the house wine OK. THE 2 tour leaders were very helpful and spoke excellent English as did most of the fellow Dutch and German cyclists. The dining room and lounge and deck areas were very spacious, but we were only half full. The dining room would be tighter when full..The bikes were excellent(my wife went the e way and I had just pedal power) and comfortable, and their offloading each day was very efficient. Many bulb fields were still in glorious colour. The cycling took us on dykes, next to canals, lakes, farms, pretty villages, to fascinating museums and historic towns. If we were not so busy this Summer we would be doing it all again.