What Kelly is laughing about

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. August 18, 2025 Michele and Steven had a full-day tour booked for our second day docked in Kobe, so on the first day I trained in with them to

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. August 19, 2025 We docked in Kobe as the gateway to Osaka & Kyoto. Steven and Michele invited me to join them on their tours, but I was only

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. Before August 15, 2025 When I found out I was going back to Japan, I sent my Japanese itinerary to my friend Hiroshi on the Diamond Princess. Would we

videos & Yokohama videos My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. August 13, 2025 I was so excited to see my friend, Kotoha, who I worked with on the Diamond Princess. She no longer worked on

A bunch of videos My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. August 11, 2025 I let it slip to Paul, one of the residents, that I wanted to do a food tour, and he wanted to

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. After docking in Yokohama every ten days on the Diamond Princess, I never actually made it to Tokyo. Turnaround days were tricky – more of us needed to be

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. August 9, 2025 We were gifted these beautiful flowers during the plaque exchange- it was the first time Villa Vie Odyssey had visited Sendai- and the Hotel Director passed

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. August 8, 2025 According to my research, I had low expectations for Hachinohe, Japan. Hakodate appeared more westernized, and tourist-friendly while Hachinohe did not look quite as accessible. Although

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. Of all the ports I’d visited in Japan last year, Hakodate was the port I was most smitten with. When we left Japan, I felt like I had barely

My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. July 25, 2025 On the sea day between Anchorage and Kodiak, I woke up to sounds outside my port hole. This was confusing – wasn’t it supposed to be