Our early morning began with us vacating our Diamond Princess cabin around 8:15am and heading to breakfast. As we figured the Buffet area would be packed with people, we headed to the one Main Dining Room that was serving breakfast.…
Our Japan Cruise on the Diamond Princess Comes to an End!
On our last post, we had just returned from the last shore excursion of our 11 night Diamond Princess Cruise. Initially we were disappointed we didn’t get to see Mt. Fuji on the tour, or the cruise for that matter,…
Touring Kyoto Japan in a Day!
Of all the stops on this 11 night Diamond Princess Cruise, Kyoto was billed as the highlight, “must-see stop”, and I knew before going this would be a long and busy day. What I wasn’t expecting was it to be…
Nagasaki, Japan: Next stop on the Diamond Princess!
Our next port stop on our 11 night Japan cruise was at Nagasaki; home of the 2nd and hopefully last Atomic Bomb bomb to be dropped in this world. The Atomic Bomb was dropped on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945,…
Onward to Busan, South Korea on the Diamond Princess!
The next port stop on our 11 night Diamond Princess Cruise, was Busan, South Korea. We didn’t know much about Busan before we went there, figuring it was a small (possibly dumpy) cursory stop for Japanese cruises sailing around Japan,…
Hiroshima Japan: A Solemn Reminder of Peace Thru War.
Growing up in elementary school in Virginia in the late 1960s, in the innocence of my youth, I didn’t realize it then, but we were going through a world changing time in history; the Apollo Mission to the Moon, the…
Welcome Aboard the Diamond Princess!
Our traveling group of four, checked out of the Hyatt Regency Yokohama around 10:30am on Saturday, all of us exited to be sailing on The Diamond Princess! A friendly Japanese hotel guest spotted us in the lobby struggling with all…
Onward from Tokyo to Yokohama for our Pre-Cruise Stay!
Jekyll Island January for the FOJI Formal Event!
Today is Monday, January 26, 2026 and Steve “DOS” and I drove up from our home in Orlando to Jekyll Island. We were just here the week of Christmas, and I wrote a detailed post about our wonderful week-long stay…
Happy New Year 2026!
DOS and I rang in the New Year 2026 as we did last year in 2025, at the Marriott Hotel in Lake Mary, Florida. This was a bit of a one night staycation/celebration of the old year, and looking ahead…