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…
Touring the Sites of Tokyo!
Well on my last quick post I said I wouldn’t have much time to post today due to our tour of Tokyo. Well I guess I jinxed myself by saying that, as our scheduled 10am tour by Viator was a…
Our Sky Princess TransAtlantic Cruise Ports
In the last post I blogged about our onboard adventures on our Westbound crossing from London, aboard Princess Cruise Line’s Sky Princess, November 2025. This post will focus on some of our port stops along the way. OK, let’s get…
Welcome Aboard The Sky Princess!
Steve (DOS) and I are now on the beautiful Sky Princess, and it’s actually our 12th day aboard this mid-November 2025 cruise. As funny or strange as it seems, we’ve been so busy on this cruise, I haven’t had to…
Welcome to New Zealand! First Stop: Picton and the Marlborough Wine Region.
After 3 very rough days at sea on our crossing from Sydney thru the Tasman Sea, we arrived at our first port of call, Picton New Zealand. As our cabin was located in the very aft of our ship, the…
Touring the Boeing 747 at HARS Aviation Museum!
Blog post about the HARS Aviation Museum 747 VIP tour near Sydney.
Touring the Sydney Opera House!
G’day Mate! Welcome to Sydney and our guided tour of the Sydney Opera House! We will also be touring around a bit on our own to the surrounding areas at the Circular Quay Marina and Rocks area located close-by here,…