Gayle Hartleroad~Off to Neverland Travel

08/16/2025

Look what we did tonight! Steadily working our way to Pearl Castaway Club!

08/14/2025

DAY 14 - KEUKENHOF GARDENS & more!
The mecca of tulips!

Hi friends. This is future Kara writing to you from July 2025 - exactly three months to the day from when we returned from this trip. Posting these blog posts has been a labor of love that has taken longer than either of us would like. And, now, as we have reached the end of the trip, we've realized...

08/13/2025

DAY 13 - ROTTERDAM & KINDERDIJK
Up close with Windmills!

Hi all, Kara again. If you recall at the beginning of the cruise, we learned that rather than docking in Delft, we would be docking in Rotterdam. This was the best plan that could have happened for us.We had planned to do on our own time in Delft - which quite honestly might not have even happened a...

08/13/2025

DAY 12 - APPETITE FOR ANTWERP
Finally - my Belgium Chocolates!

Good morning Adventurers. Kara here again to get us started today. I’m going to actually start today’s post with a little hiccup from last night. Each evening at about 6:30pm we gather together in the lounge for some complimentary cocktails (including both an alcoholic option and a mocktail opti...

07/31/2025

DAY 11 - NIBBLING THROUGH GHENT

Today was our first early morning of the cruise. With alarms set at 7, we got up, I (Kara) went and got coffee and our colored tour cards for the day, and we got ready and headed to the lounge for our first tour which departed the ship at 8:15am.Today’s plan was to do two different walking tours o...

07/31/2025

DAY 10 - GO WITH THE FLOW
Helle-what?!

ADVENTURE!!! Hi all. Kara again. Let’s just say that the theme of today’s post is going to be adventure all the way through. Remember that 82 page travel guide I made for us. We threw it out the window today!Before I start today, let’s rewind back to Sunday night after dinner. We met with Adve...

07/30/2025

DAY 9 - KAMPEN, NETHERLANDS
Day 1 (of 3) with Tulips = A Core Memory day that made this entire trip worthwhile!

Hi all. Kara starting out again today. Our river cruise is starting out with what we've learned is an unusual occurrence! We have two mornings in a row that are sailing mornings. As such, we had a nice leisurely morning. I woke up at 6am and went down to the coffee machine in the lounge to get my fi...

07/30/2025

DAY 8 - BOARDING OUR RIVER CRUISE

Hi everyone. Kara starting off again today. We had, as our British friends would say, a good lay-in this morning and allowed ourselves to sleep in until about 8:30am this morning. The only thing on our agenda today was to check out of the hotel, have a nice brunch or lunch, and head to the ship. Mor...

07/29/2025

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07/29/2025

DAY 7 - A DAY IN AMSTERDAM
An INCREDIBLE Food Tour, LEGO, & a touch of Disney!

It’s Kara starting out again today. One of the ways we like to learn about a city is through its food. Fun fact, we’ve had at least two other food tours booked together, and we’ve had to cancel both of them due to delays and other issues. So, gratefully, we got up this morning to gorgeous warm...

07/29/2025

DAY 6 - FROM LONDON TO AMSTERDAM
4 countries in one day!

It’s Kara starting off today. We needed to be downstairs at the train station by 7:30am this morning so we were awake quite early. Sadly, we each slept very badly last night so, it was an especially rough start to the day to have to be up and moving so quickly.We went down to the lobby around 7:20...