This is how the nine-day cruise unfolds:

Day 1: Board your overnight flight, you’re going to Amsterdam.

Day 2: You are going to tour the city of Amsterdam, the “sophisticated and modern ... rich and fascinating” capital of Holland.

Day 3: After checking out the architecture, restaurants, marketplace and museums of Amsterdam, travelers will then venture to Arnhem-Dordrecht, where WWII’s Battle of Arnhem was fought. You will visit the Airborne Museum Hartenstein and the landscape.

Day 4: The next stop is Antwerp, Belgium, the country’s second-largest city and one of the world’s most integral seaports.

Day 5: You will then spend a day in Ghent.

Day 6: The prosperous merchant with lots of money being allocated to the construction to its buildings, the city of Middleburg also possesses one of the world’s most complex engineering structures. For your sixth day, you will visit this city and its Delta Works, a storm flood barrier that serves as the final defense in the battle against the water. The Delta Works was devised after 1,800 people drowned in one night in 1953.

Day 7: Have you ever been to Rotterdam? Well, if not, then, after day 7 you will be able to poke a colored cork tack into this city on your world map hanging on the wall. You will be treated to the Keukenhof Gardens, which encompasses more than 70-acres of parkland with lakes, sculpture gardens, greenhouses and a windmill. The city is also the world’s busiest sea port.

Day 8: Amsterdam-Volendam. Volendam is a maze of fishermen’s houses built on poles and a unique open harbor. The city is also home of Edem cheese and cheese markets are still held in the summer months.

Day 9: Homebound flight.

For more information, visit the The Travel Authority/American Express office at 6800 Wooster Pike or call 272-2887, fax 272-4355.