The sea was super calm. A little overcast but no rain.
We had pizza for lunch in Sorrentos. They do good pizza, very good pizza. Freshly made. We also indulged in a dessert or two before leaving the ship to explore Kobe.
We had to take the photocopy of our passport with us to get the stamp of approval from the Japanese officials. We were told that this could take awhile but wasn't too bad in the end. Maybe 30-40 mins and we were through customs and security with our passport copy and sticker. We needed this for each port so made sure we put it somewhere safe in our handbags.
While researching each of the ports we were going to in Japan I saw that there was a red tower fairly close to where the ship was docking. This was in Meriken Park along the waterfront. We could see it from the ship so decided we'd try and see if we could find it. We actually had more trouble trying to find our way out of the terminal than finding the tower! We ended up getting on the free shuttle which took us into town, near Chinatown. As we'd just spent 10 days in China we didn't bother having a walk through Chinatown.
There were maps dotted around the place so we kept checking them out as we walked around. We found Meriken Park and the Red Tower. We didn't go up to the top, mum hates heights and stairs :-)
There was a memorial for a massive earthquake that hit this area about 20 years ago. It had photo's and a model showing where the earthquake hit and all the damage that happened. There was also an area they had kept showing the damaged caused along the waterfront. It's amazing that an area that has earthquakes still has multi level roads. I guess they're designed and built to withstand earthquakes but I think I'd prefer to be on the ground than up high.
We found a supermarket, I always like looking at supermarkets of our countries just to see what weird (to me) and wonderful things they have. I also wanted to get a razor as my legs were getting a tad hairy :-) We were thinking about getting a thermos for our final day in Shanghai so we'd have a cup of tea on hand but in the end we decided not to get one. (as it turned out this was a good decision) I did buy a couple of things but unfortunately the tiny cans of coke I bought got taken off me at Shanghai airport.
We walked a lot today so decided we may as well walked back to the ship (if we could find the right road/path to get to it) instead of getting the shuttle back.
After much walking and climbing stairs to go over the roads (they like overpasses) we managed to find the right walkway and found our ship.
Back on board we'd missed our 7pm dinner time although they did say we could still go into the dining room as they were going to stay open a bit later than normal due to the timing of our arrival in Kobe but we decided to just go to the buffet. I wasn't too busy. I had a yummy beef stirfry with noodles.
Next stop: Osaka
While researching each of the ports we were going to in Japan I saw that there was a red tower fairly close to where the ship was docking. This was in Meriken Park along the waterfront. We could see it from the ship so decided we'd try and see if we could find it. We actually had more trouble trying to find our way out of the terminal than finding the tower! We ended up getting on the free shuttle which took us into town, near Chinatown. As we'd just spent 10 days in China we didn't bother having a walk through Chinatown.
There were maps dotted around the place so we kept checking them out as we walked around. We found Meriken Park and the Red Tower. We didn't go up to the top, mum hates heights and stairs :-)
There was a memorial for a massive earthquake that hit this area about 20 years ago. It had photo's and a model showing where the earthquake hit and all the damage that happened. There was also an area they had kept showing the damaged caused along the waterfront. It's amazing that an area that has earthquakes still has multi level roads. I guess they're designed and built to withstand earthquakes but I think I'd prefer to be on the ground than up high.
We found a supermarket, I always like looking at supermarkets of our countries just to see what weird (to me) and wonderful things they have. I also wanted to get a razor as my legs were getting a tad hairy :-) We were thinking about getting a thermos for our final day in Shanghai so we'd have a cup of tea on hand but in the end we decided not to get one. (as it turned out this was a good decision) I did buy a couple of things but unfortunately the tiny cans of coke I bought got taken off me at Shanghai airport.
We walked a lot today so decided we may as well walked back to the ship (if we could find the right road/path to get to it) instead of getting the shuttle back.
After much walking and climbing stairs to go over the roads (they like overpasses) we managed to find the right walkway and found our ship.
Back on board we'd missed our 7pm dinner time although they did say we could still go into the dining room as they were going to stay open a bit later than normal due to the timing of our arrival in Kobe but we decided to just go to the buffet. I wasn't too busy. I had a yummy beef stirfry with noodles.
Next stop: Osaka
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