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We are going on the Zuiderdam for a week on 9/3. I've read pretty fantastic things about it. Any comment?

September 3 is just a couple of weeks away. Have a wonderful trip and come back and tell us about the trip.

Definitely let us know how it goes, we'd love to hear your thoughts!

My first cruise was this Easter 2005 on The Rotterdam. Holland America. I really have no other basis for comparison but I'm guessing it doesnt get much better than: Old-school, white gloved service; Fabulous continental food; big rooms w/ big views; bathroom w/shower AND tub; Over-the-top dessert options nightly; and then there was Half Moon Cay, their own private island in the Bahamas.
Here is what sold me..I am a professional artist, a botanical illustrator. Specialty? Orchids. Every table (there must have been 100s), had live, potted orchids of every kind, color, variety, imaginable! What a fabulous extravagance.
I didn't vacation-I sketched non-stop!
Cynthia

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Cynthia Padilla, 214 549 0888. Teaching:

Nov 6, Longue Vue House and Gardens, New Orleans
Nov 11-13, Mercer Arboretum, Humble, TX
Feb 2006, Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, AZ
Mar 19- 24, 2006, Ozark Folk School, Arkansas State Park
Jn 2006, Brookfield Craft Center, CT
Jn 2006, Polly Hill Arboretum, Martha's Vineyard
Aug 2006, The Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, NM