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FEATURED DESTINATION
AMAZING AMSTERDAM

Amsterdam has come a long way since it was founded as a small

fishing village in the late 12th century. Today it is a cosmopolitan
city that is home to 176 nationalities.

ne of the prime reasons many of us like to perfect example. The ship visited a number of exciting
cruise is that you can explore, or at least ports including Stockholm, St. Petersburg and Copen-
sample, many different cities and coun- hagen. But it was Amsterdam that made the biggest
tries in a short time. And as you explore impression – it was a city that had the perfect blend of
Oeach destination on shore excursions beauty, history, architecture, culture, and interesting
you can decide which places are interesting enough people. And it had one other thing that puts a city on
to come back and experience again. A recent cruise our return list – energy. Amsterdam has it in spades.
from Amsterdam on the Celebrity Constellation was a
Like most visitors we mostly explored the city cen-
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