My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer, who is paying me for my genius ;)
My views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. July 2024 Tsuruga was another port that we only went to once during my contract. I had no idea where in Japan it was, but I was happy to
Read moreMy views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. June 2024 We had one stop in Okinawa, Japan. I asked my Japanese friends what their plans were and I got enough vague answers and half plans that I
Read moreMy views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. June 2024 (and then my return in September 2024 below) We were notified a couple of weeks before the cruise where we were going to go to Taiwan that
Read moreMy views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. May 2024 After getting lost in Jeju, I was excited and relieved when Masahiro (from my team) invited me to join a group of people who were going out
Read moreMy views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. May & June 2024 Two cruises into my time on the Diamond Princess, Dan Falconer went home and Lauren Meyer joined as Entertainment Director. When I was on the
Read moreMy views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. May 2024 I wasn’t really sure where Sakata was, and I didn’t have a lot of time to explore, but I had never been to Sakata so I was
Read moreMy views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. May & June 2024 When Mikiko, our Japanese Cruise Director offered to show me around in one of the ports, I jumped at the offer. The date was set
Read moreMy views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. May 2024 Nagasaki was one of the places in Japan that I’d heard of. Though I would have been delighted to find a cocktail of eggnog and sake, I
Read moreMy views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. May 2024 The night before my first day off in Japan, I asked the crew what there was to do in Otaru. Of course they asked well, it depends
Read moreMy views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. May 2024 My first opportunity to go ashore on the Diamond Princess was in Seogwipo (or as someone on the ship nicknamed it, Soggy Poo) on the island of
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