{"id":14727,"date":"2025-01-04T07:19:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T07:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14727"},"modified":"2024-12-31T19:22:33","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T19:22:33","slug":"festive-cruise-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14727","title":{"rendered":"Festive Cruise Part\u00a01"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The City Adventurers embarked on a festive cruise to Europe just before Christmas 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We discovered a hidden gem in Haarlem in Holland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"An unexpected gem discovered in Haarlem\" width=\"748\" height=\"421\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dqDvoEzPCNU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We explored the Antwerp Christmas market in Belgium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The City Adventurers visited Antwerp Christmas Market\" width=\"748\" height=\"421\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OqObiMZ4ASk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20231112_114257.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6428\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Want to join us on a adventure? Become a City Adventurer!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The UK based Social Club for people who love visiting shows, exploring new places, discovering new things and solving mysteries.<\/strong><br>Life is a journey so experience it\u2019s adventure with like minded people. Live the life you\u2019ve always dreamed of.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/City-Adventurers-full.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">City Adventurers<\/a>&nbsp;Membership includes invitations to adventures and travel mainly in the UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/city-adventurers-at-a-museum.jpg?w=851\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5751\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">City Adventurers at The Postal Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The City Adventurers embarked on a festive cruise to Europe just before Christmas 2024. We discovered a hidden gem in Haarlem in Holland. We explored the Antwerp Christmas market in Belgium. Want to join us on a adventure? Become a City Adventurer! The UK based Social Club for people who love visiting shows, exploring new &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14727\">More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Festive Cruise Part\u00a01<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,673,1748,2],"tags":[1832,1837,1838,220,1835,1839,1840,140,1836],"class_list":["post-14727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activity","category-discover","category-sightseeing","category-travel","tag-ambassador-cruise-line-2","tag-antwerp","tag-belgium","tag-europe","tag-festive-cruise","tag-haarlem","tag-holland","tag-sightseeing","tag-the-city-adventurers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Festive Cruise Part\u00a01 - City Adventurers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The City Adventurers embarked on a festive cruise to Europe just before Christmas 2024.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14727\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Festive Cruise Part\u00a01 - City Adventurers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The City Adventurers embarked on a festive cruise to Europe just before Christmas 2024.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14727\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"City Adventurers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/invitation2events\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-01-04T07:19:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/festive-cruise.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Cathy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Cathy\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14727#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14727\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Cathy\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3f39d48075c826acd0e733d41590d4dc\"},\"headline\":\"Festive Cruise Part\u00a01\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-04T07:19:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14727\"},\"wordCount\":124,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14727#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/festive-cruise.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Ambassador Cruise-line\",\"Antwerp\",\"Belgium\",\"Europe\",\"Festive Cruise\",\"Haarlem\",\"Holland\",\"Sightseeing\",\"The City Adventurers\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Activity\",\"discover\",\"sightseeing\",\"Travel\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14727#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14727\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14727\",\"name\":\"Festive Cruise Part\u00a01 - City Adventurers\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14727#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14727#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/festive-cruise.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-04T07:19:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"The City Adventurers embarked on a festive cruise to Europe just before Christmas 2024.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14727#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14727\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14727#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/festive-cruise.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/festive-cruise.jpg\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":2000},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14727#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Festive Cruise Part\u00a01\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"City Adventurers\",\"description\":\"Live Life To The Full\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"City Adventurers\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Itmp_logo4.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Itmp_logo4.jpg\",\"width\":256,\"height\":192,\"caption\":\"City Adventurers\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/invitation2events\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCJIUUSvNcFZJHZFek75VBrw\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3f39d48075c826acd0e733d41590d4dc\",\"name\":\"Cathy\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d2e68a11e7458929ee145b0499dc8c8b8060e79639586347d9d48023941fad73?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d2e68a11e7458929ee145b0499dc8c8b8060e79639586347d9d48023941fad73?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Cathy\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Festive Cruise Part\u00a01 - City Adventurers","description":"The City Adventurers embarked on a festive cruise to Europe just before Christmas 2024.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14727","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Festive Cruise Part\u00a01 - City Adventurers","og_description":"The City Adventurers embarked on a festive cruise to Europe just before Christmas 2024.","og_url":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14727","og_site_name":"City Adventurers","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/invitation2events","article_published_time":"2025-01-04T07:19:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1500,"height":2000,"url":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/festive-cruise.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Cathy","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Cathy","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14727#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14727"},"author":{"name":"Cathy","@id":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3f39d48075c826acd0e733d41590d4dc"},"headline":"Festive Cruise Part\u00a01","datePublished":"2025-01-04T07:19:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14727"},"wordCount":124,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14727#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/festive-cruise.jpg","keywords":["Ambassador Cruise-line","Antwerp","Belgium","Europe","Festive Cruise","Haarlem","Holland","Sightseeing","The City Adventurers"],"articleSection":["Activity","discover","sightseeing","Travel"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14727#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14727","url":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14727","name":"Festive Cruise Part\u00a01 - City Adventurers","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14727#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14727#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/festive-cruise.jpg","datePublished":"2025-01-04T07:19:00+00:00","description":"The City Adventurers embarked on a festive cruise to Europe just before Christmas 2024.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14727#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14727"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14727#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/festive-cruise.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/festive-cruise.jpg","width":1500,"height":2000},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14727#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Festive Cruise Part\u00a01"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/","name":"City Adventurers","description":"Live Life To The Full","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/#organization","name":"City Adventurers","url":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Itmp_logo4.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Itmp_logo4.jpg","width":256,"height":192,"caption":"City Adventurers"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/invitation2events","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCJIUUSvNcFZJHZFek75VBrw"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3f39d48075c826acd0e733d41590d4dc","name":"Cathy","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d2e68a11e7458929ee145b0499dc8c8b8060e79639586347d9d48023941fad73?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d2e68a11e7458929ee145b0499dc8c8b8060e79639586347d9d48023941fad73?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Cathy"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14727"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14734,"href":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14727\/revisions\/14734"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}