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A SEVEN DAY CUILINARY EXTRAVAGANZA ON HOLLAND AMERICA LINE’S KONINGSDAM
DESTINATION DINING AT SEA

BY RON & MARY JAMES | PHOTOGRAPHY BY RON JAMES

ur recent seven-day Mexican
Riviera cruise on Holland Amer-
ica Line’s Koningsdam was un-
like any of the 35 others we’ve
O enjoyed over the years. For the
first time, the itinerary wasn’t the draw. Our
destination was the ship itself for a week-
long dining adventure with a toe-tapping
soundtrack of live music. Our ship-board “ex-
cursions” took us to specialty dining, wine
tasting, a lively cooking demonstration and a
chef-helmed celebratory dinner.
We recently became reacquainted with
Holland America’s superb culinary and en-
tertainment offerings, so we jumped at the
chance to join a special “Culinary Cruise”
on Koningsdam, sailing round trip out of
our hometown, San Diego.

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