Dutch students arrive on a tallship after sailing back from Cuba instead of flying due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Harlingen, Netherlands, April 26, 2020. REUTERS/Eva Plevier TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
HARLINGEN, NETHERLANDS (Reuters) - A group of 25 Dutch high school students arrived back in the Netherlands in a two-mast schooner on Sunday, after airline restrictions left them with little choice but to help sail it home from the Caribbean.
The group, aged 14-17, had been halfway through a six week sail-study program in the region on board the "Wylde Swan", which was built in 1920. But by mid-March, it appeared they could no longer fly home from Cuba as planned.
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