Diamond Princess Day 2
Day 2 another Pig Out Day,after a huge breakfast I decided to do some photo catch up in the Cabin whilst Ann attended a Caligraphy lesson..After lunch and more food we had a leisurely afternoon wandering around this massive boat and because we have a day & night at Sea day evening wear is a must and ye I had to wear a tie and suit complete either white shirt and red tie!! and my jewelry consisted os a pink (my favourite colour) and a cheaply jeweled Earing.Night time we had a quick session watching karaoke and went off to the massive theatre to view the live showing “Do you Want to Dance” which was very good and played to a packed house then on to the Happy Hour Skywalker pub and a lovely chat with the happy go lucky DJ Robert (incidently wears the same style of glasses as my grandson who is also a very popular DJ in the North of England and also the father of my great granson who we will meet very soon for the first time) After our visit we went on to the Explorers Lounge (10.15pm start) to watch a monologue Japanese Rakugo (story telling) and was narrated by a Scouse lady who has been living in Japan for 25 yrs (not my cup of tea tho) During the evening most people we replendant wearing their best & finest,but, to seethe Japanes men and women wearing their national costumes was fantastic.Japanese children were also dressed in very fashionable clothing and very polite too !!! My neck is starting to strengthen up with all the bowing Ive done to the locals and I am actually enjoying it ! Annie braved it and had THREE cocktails ( a record) and was OK Tomorrow we dock at Nagasaki (sadly famous by being the first place an Atom Bomb was dropped 70 yrs ago
On The Boat at Last
Day ONE on the Diamond Princess
After getting a lovely smooth Taxi ride from our excellent hotel the Marriot Court Yard to the Yokohama Harbour we got on board very quickly and were introduced to our Cabin L10 R735 that has an outdoor veranda decked with 2 lounges,footrests and a table making the sea views strikingly good we then went off to the various cafes and restaurants pigging out !!! Oh and to add to the gluttony I discovered the eat as many as you can Ice Cream Parlour and had 3 yes 3 large Ice creams! ahhh sweet bliss !! Lunch time we watched the breaking of the Saki Barrel by the Ships Captain and we were invited to sample the Japanese Favourite but its not for me,one critic compared the taste to that of Camel Pee ( the thought of that person drinking camel pee and knowing the difference made me think “Yeuck” ) We wondered around the boat on a seek and find mission and was surprised at the size of this boat (twice the size of the Volendam trip thru the China Seas last year) We did a sing a long as the boat left the harbour with lots of spectators there to wish us Bon Voyage (One eager lad was shouting “have a great trip” whilst waving a huge Union Jack !! Night time and a movie was shown on the very outdoor screen as we ventured into the Fusion Bar for a bit of Karaoke (as usual they don’t have the songs I sing) some singers were really good with an elderly Japanese lady singing beautifully ( I should have video,d it) NINE o clock and we went to the Skywalkers Disco (buy one get one for a dollar!)We got chatting to the DJ who came and sat with us for a while talking about this n that,nice young fella named Robert.Sadly the Happy Hour was very quiet (first night travel weariness for some?) Having had 6 bottles of Stella on top of half a bottle of Chilean White wine I was feeling quite merry as was Annie with her 2 for 1 Strawberry Blossom Cocktail!! Eventually finding or balconied room we retired very happy people…
Watch me play Didgeridoo
Geoffs Life After Work ! 