The Renaissance follow-up
As promised, here are some more impressions of the ship while she was in Brest at the Damen shipyard. First of all, the only upper class...
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jochengielen
- Nov 2
- 5 min
Duxford Imperial War Museum
PART 1 Duxford Imperial War Museum has been on my bucket list for a long time now, and since I had an assignment in October 2023 that...
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jochengielen
- Nov 1
- 7 min
The Device Forts - part 4
Number 8: West Cowes Castle West Cowes Castle was one of the castles built on the Isle of Wight, located on the Western side of the...
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jochengielen
- Oct 23
- 3 min
Ambassador cruise line
One could say that out of the ashes of the Covid crisis that cost the life of Cruise and Maritime Voyages (CMV), a new company emerged,...
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jochengielen
- Oct 18
- 1 min
AIDAaura last visit to Antwerp
Aida Cruises is a well known brand on the European market, more specifically the German market, I will not explain the complete history...
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jochengielen
- Oct 2
- 2 min
World Odyssey ... or Deutschland?
So ... what's going on here? Well ... this ship has 2 names, so let's start at the beginning, shall we? The ship was built in 1998 for...
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jochengielen
- Sep 4
- 2 min
The SS Rotterdam viewed by JGADV
The SS Rotterdam V of the Holland Amerika Lijn, this ship has been photographed and written about in so many words, articles, books that...
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jochengielen
- Aug 21
- 2 min
Marina & Riviera in Antwerp
Antwerp has recently replaced the cruise terminal with a new terminal inside the added section to the old castle called "Het Steen", they...
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jochengielen
- Aug 19
- 7 min
My stay in Emden (Germany)
In May 2023 I got an assignment that brought me to Emden for 3 days. Emden is located in the German East Frisia region on the river Ems....
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jochengielen
- Jul 18
- 1 min
Saga cruises - The current ships
2023 had started and my head was full with my housing project, so not much room for big trips this year. However ... small trips are fine...
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jochengielen
- Jun 22
- 6 min
Visiting the Renaissance in Brest
CFC - Compagnie Française de Croisières Onnozone Damen Shipyard Brest Article that used 2 of my photos about CFC With Vadym Markelov,...
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jochengielen
- May 3
- 1 min
Short: Fire in Portugal
When I was in Lisbon (Portugal) in summer 2022, I had to drive about an hour north for a small assignment. I knew the area was suffering...
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jochengielen
- May 3
- 1 min
Short: Brussels Airlines Rackham!
Brussels Airlines has a few iconic airplanes in its fleet, one of them is Rackham, painted in the Tintin theme. Registration OO-SNB. I...
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jochengielen
- Nov 27, 2022
- 7 min
The Device Forts - part 3
Number 4: Sandown Castle (Kent) Another one of the Castles of the Downs, Sandown was built between 1539 and 1540. It was very similar to...
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jochengielen
- Oct 18, 2022
- 4 min
The lighthouse of Zeebrugge
Our story begins in Bruges (Brugge in Flemish). There was Roman activity in the area in the Second century and the name "Brugge" would...
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jochengielen
- Oct 14, 2022
- 5 min
The Device Forts - part 2
Number 2: Deal Castle Deal is located between Dover and Ramsgate, it is the middle castle of 3 very similar castles built at equal...
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jochengielen
- Oct 11, 2022
- 1 min
Amadea
In 1990 in Nagasaki (Japan) the construction of a cruise ship started at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, she was to be named "Asuka". At 192...
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jochengielen
- Oct 8, 2022
- 11 min
The cruise that became a road trip! – take 2 - England & France
What? ... Again? ... Another cruise booked this year and … another cancellation … bugger! (The world as we know it is coming to an end,...
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jochengielen
- Oct 1, 2022
- 5 min
The Device Forts - part 1
General explanation: History is full of interesting things, much of it can still be seen today and for this story we go back to the year...
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jochengielen
- Oct 1, 2022
- 5 min
The lighthouse of Oostende
Oostende (Ostend in English) is possibly the best-known coastal city of Belgium, it certainly is the largest city of the Belgian coast...
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