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Cruise lines review of our vacation on the HAL Oosterdam European cruise.

Pictures of and on the Oosterdam - HAL lines

A collection of cruise ship pictures we've taken of and on the Oosterdam. Some have descriptions but many do not. Just don't have time at the moment but in the future we will try to put in more descriptions. These are in random order .. we will also straighten that out in the near future.

Breakfast from the breakfast buffet...I opted for French toast and bacon.	Kathy had an omelet from the omelet bar...ham cheese and peppers I believe.	Oosterdam in Arhus a contrast between the old and the new.

The Oosterdam as seen from the dock.	Another view from the docks.	Buffet after Berlin trip, kind of a strange assortment... these are jelly filled donuts.

Same buffet...here are potatoes...scalloped I believe.	More of the Buffet.. several kinds of sausages.	Happy Wendy & Cat... couple of wild and crazy chicks from the looks of it.

Rolls, potatoes, and sauerkraut.	Ice sculpture being carved ... this turns out to be an elephant.	Another buffet... this is the bread area.

Beer drinking contest...just after the bratwurst eating contest.	The ships photo gallery where you can purchase your daily photographs .	Dinning room.

Dining room.	Dino and Kathy... Dino was a real character.	Kathy having cigar ceremony. The waitress is preparing the cigar with brandy.

Another shot of Kathy and the cigar ceremony.	Kathy with Whitney . the lead singer. We were very impressed with Whitney's singing talent!	Gathering for a shore excursion.

Our excursion today was to Berlin.	Ship in Warnemunde as seen from the dock.	The bathroom in our cabin...big enough for a cocktail party...but then we had a handicapped friendly cabin. We really lucked out getting this cabin.

Shower in our cabin...complete with fold down chair.	A view of our Cabin on the HAL Oosterdam	Plenty of closet space in this cabin!

Another shot of our cabin on the Oosterdam cruise.	It was a very nice room.	Picture of the bed in our cabin

A shot of our cabin taken from our balcony.	View of our balcony. We love having a balacony.

From the ship.	Long hallways are a part of cruise ship life I am afraid. Oosterdam HAL lines.	An elevator area... there are so many elevators on these cruise ships that I can't ever figure out which ones go where.
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Some of the art work.	The Java center...but you have to pay for the coffee here. Huge selection of coffee drinks to choose from.	Elevators somewhere... it will take a few days for me to figure out where I am at any given time. LOL

The explorer lounge on the cruise ship Oosterdam.	The Ocean Bar...where we did most of our web uploading via wireless.	The Internet Center...we never used it since we had wireless on decks 1,2,&3, and a data port in our room.

Lifeboat drill. Every cruise ship has to put us through this on every cruise.	Lifeboat drill. I am not fond of life boat drills.	Kathy in lifejacket... Lovely.

The ship.	Sailaway buffet.	New Friends.

New friends.	Bill and Kathy at Sailaway party.	A portion of the Lido buffet.

More of the Lido buffet.		Kathy enjoying a drink

Swimming pool lido deck.	Oosterdam's Pool on the Lido Deck.	Kathy and Suhedi our room steward... very friendly and very attentive to our requests.

Picture of the Internet Lounge.	Kathy at sail away party as we leave port for our next destination.	The Vista lounge - meeting for excursion.

Picture of the Dining room.	I got a few pictures of the Casino before I saw the sign saying no photography in the Casino.	More of the Casino.

Artwork - cute wooden elephant.	Is Kathy having fun?	Shrimp Cocktail at dinner...fancy display. It tasted as good as it looked.

Dining room photos from our cruise vacation to the Baltic.	Photographing the photographer...surprised him a little.	Cherie and El in evening clothes.

Bill and Kathy in evening clothes.	The Piano Bar on the Oosterdam cruise	Kathy and Dino .

Dinners served in Lido buffet.	Another picture of a dinner served in Lido.	Pizza at the pizza bar.

Picture of the aft lido deck. It was disserted at the time of the photo...but not later.	Impressive photo of the Oosterdam from the dock .	Picture of the Oosterdam taken from the dock.

We find our stateroom ..	Front view of Oosterdam. some call it the bow I guess.	Kathy taking movies.

From the Dock.	The penguins at the Lido Pool.	\ Bill at sailaway in Oslo.

Kathy at sailaway in Oslo.	The band on the lido deck of the cruise ship Oosterdam on our Baltic cruise vacation.	The band on the lido deck. They were very good and we really enjoyed listening to them.

Bill and Kathy - are they on the same vacation ???	Bill at sailaway.	They close one side of the buffet early for the crew.

In the Library.	More of the Library.	Where in the world am I ?