This will be Part 3 of our 53-day around the world trip, which I named Our Monumental Global Adventure, or OMGA.  My final circumnavigation will be called OMEGA, Our Memorably Extraordinary Global Adventure.  No plans for this final journey yet.  I'll also work on that acronym. I left you yesterday in Copenhagen.  The next stop was Amsterdam, for the first of three back-to-back cruises.  We boarded the Tauck Esprit for a tulip river cruise to Brussels.   Forbes  lists their  best European River Cruises : Best Overall:   Viking,   Viking Egdir Best High-End:   Uniworld,   S.S. La Venezia Best For Families:   A-Rosa,   A-Rosa Sena Best For Couples:   Scenic,   Scenic Azure Best For History Lovers:   Tauck River Cruising,   MS Sapphire Best Value:   Emerald Cruises,   Emerald Luna Best For Foodies:   Riverside Luxury Cruises, Riverside Ravel Best For Active Travelers:   AmaWaterways,   AmaMagna Certainly looks like they went out of their way to name all the active companies in this bu

This will be one of those posting sequences that will appear only a few hours apart, for we are in the midst of transfer to a river cruise, with tours and activities that prevent me from filing a blog for long periods.  Thus, soon after this article gets posted, there will be a second one coming. We boarded the Tauck Espirit.  Speaking of high end European cruises, this is it.  The ship is posh and well-staffed.  The room is large and well-equipped.  In fact the bed is king-size and the shower is larger than anything we saw in European Marriott hotels.  Any sort of alcoholic drink is available from wake up to sleep.  The cuisine is superior. Then dinner of Caesar Salad and Steak. You can follow our ship here .  We depart Amsterdam in a few minutes.  The next blog will be our tour of the Rijksmuseum, the national treasure of the Netherlands. -