Ep. 690 - Bonus Show - A Bridge Too Far: Three Days in Amsterdam

2026-08-17

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This one is different. Before we sailed through Holland and Belgium with a group of listeners, our family spent three days in Amsterdam — and what happened there didn't fit into a normal cruise recap. So we did something we've never done in 650+ episodes: we sat down with the people who traveled with us and turned it into a story. Across three days, everyone we talked to walked up to an edge and had to decide what to do standing at it. On a food tour through the Albert Cuyp market, our friend Tracy — a self-described pic...

Across three days, everyone we talked to walked up to an edge and had to decide what to do standing at it. On a food tour through the Albert Cuyp market, our friend Tracy — a self-described picky eater — braved croquettes, cheese, and fresh stroopwafels, right up until the raw herring: "But I didn't try the herring, though. That's a bridge too far." In the Jewish Cultural Quarter, Sam, the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, looked for her own family name on a memorial wall of 102,000 names and asked the question that runs underneath the whole episode. And at the Anne Frank House, an eleven-year-old named Emma stepped through the bookcase and put it more plainly than any adult could: "they were quiet for two years, and I can't be quiet in two minutes."

It's a food tour, a history lesson, and a family story about how far you go, where your edges are, and what you carry home. Grab a fresh stroopwafel and settle in.

Interested in one of the tours discussed in the episode? Here are links where you can learn more:

The tour provider we used for our tour of the Jewish Quarter in Amsterdam
The tour provider for our food tour in Amsterdam
The official site for the Anne Frank House Museum. Tickets book quickly for this experience, so book as early as possible.

A programming note: this is a storytelling special that departs from our usual format. Regular Disney Cruise Line coverage returns next episode.

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