Holland America Line’s Volendam has spent the previous six months in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, underneath constitution to the Metropolis of Rotterdam to deal with Ukrainian households. The ship was a brief residence for as much as 1,500 refugees by means of the constitution, half of a bigger dedication from the Netherlands to accommodate 50,000 individuals who fled the battle of their homeland. Now, two-and-a-half years after the cruise business pause, Volendam returned to cruising in Italy because the ship embarked company for a 14-day Holy Land and Historic Kingdoms Explorer itinerary.
Holland America Line held a ribbon-cutting ceremony within the terminal to open embarkation, attended by the ship’s captain and senior officers, with flag-waving fanfare from crew members lined as much as greet company as they boarded.
Following the Holy Land and Historic Kingdoms cruise, the ship will sail 14-day itineraries to Greece, Turkey, Italy, Croatia and Montenegro. In late October, the ship will reposition to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to supply a 28-day Amazon Explorer voyage, adopted by a collection of Caribbean cruises. In January 2023, the ship departs on the 74-day Grand South America and Antarctica Voyage that circumnavigates the continent.
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