Got up at our usual time of 8.00am to find the Quest docked in the port of Kushiro. Going out onto our balcony and looking down at the quayside, we could see several stalls set out below, and a shuttle bus waiting nearby. We didn’t have any excursions booked today, instead preferring to do our…
Got up at 8.00am to find ourselves docked in the port of Muroran, the gateway to Sapporo, Japan. This was a new port of call to us, as are all of them on this voyage, even though we’ve been to the countries before. The weather was dry but the skies were cloudy, and we hoped…
Didn’t sleep very well at all last night. At some point I woke up in the pitch darkness, feeling as if I’d been asleep for hours, to find it was only midnight. From then on I was asleep and awake and asleep and awake, tossing and turning, and morning seemed an absolute age away. Finally,…
Disembarking the aircraft and making our way through Arrivals was fairly quick and efficient, and soon we found the Azamara Club Cruises rep and joined three other couples from our flight for the bus to the hotel, which they told us was about 1½ hour’s travel away. In Japan, they drive on the left as…
Turning Japanese,I think I’m turning Japanese.I really think so. The Vapors There were a few songs that sprung to mind when thinking of a title for today’s blog; as well as Turning Japanese by the Vapors, I could have had Big in Japan by Alphaville or Japanese Boy by Anneka. So maybe that might give…
