Would love to go on another tour sometime

A few days before we were to start our trip we got a notice that the renovations on *De Holland* weren`t done, so we would be on another boat–*Andante*–and would receive a 50 Euro on-board beverage allowance as recompense. That was the first good surprise of many on this trip. Our room was comfortable, made up freshly each day if we wished. The only drawback was a sewage smell in the bathroom, which I figured out how to remedy by putting the drain plug in the sink. Smell gone! The meals were wonderful, the staff even more so–helpful, smart, courteous, going out of their way to be of assistance. The boat was always extremely well-kept. The captain moved us from place to place with the greatest of safety in mind–once changing destination because of high winds that would have made harbour entry tricky or unsafe. I`d love to take another tour and hope we get Margriet as tour guide again. Oh–and the routes were great, with solitude (even in crowded Netherlands), beauty of canals, fields, birds. The wind wasn`t bad, the weather was chilly, but very fine for cycling, with lots of watering holes along the way each day.