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Sakaiminato, Japan - Day 7

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  Wednesday, June 18, 2025   [INSERT PICTURE GETTING OFF OF THE CRUISE HERE] Today we have a shore excursion planned. This is “Plan B” since our only excursion was canceled due to weather. It took quite a while to get through the customs line, but when we did, we were greeted with regional characters to get photos with.  So that was value added. Later in the day, I saw lots of merchandise with these characters on them.  I guess it is a thing, where you go to a particular region in Japan, and then you buy the “local goods” that have their characters on it as a reminder of being in that location.  It’s a fun concept. After the quick photo op, we rode the bus out to Adachi Museum of Art.     It had very beautiful gardens that we viewed through windows that seemed to serve as a frame for the living art work. Our favorite feature of the gardens was how they had planned the shape of the tops of the trees to match the hills in the background, greatly enhancin...
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Busan, Korea - Day 6

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Tuesday, June 17, 2025 This morning we woke up early and walked to the buffet together with Dylan and Desmond for breakfast.    (Mom and Dad have a shore excursion today, so they weren’t with us, but we saw them eating and wished them a great day.) I was thrilled to learn that there are vegan pastries available now. Woo!     Vegan of course also means dairy free, so I got to have a danish before leaving the ship! Also, the chef offered to make me fresh eggs since the scrambled eggs have milk in them. All in all, breakfast in the buffet was much better than expected. We were all happy to get off the ship and explore somewhere new. None of us have ever been to Korea. We went to the atrium to wait to debark. While we waited Bryan and I got a hot chocolate. It was quite yummy.  We were among the first people off the ship and through customs. The woman helping us at the tourist information desk said of the forested area we wanted to go to“No, it’s too far to walk.”...
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