lincslady Posted April 11 #2526 Share Posted April 11 He is a brave soul, Mysty. You will get the benefit of the photos and description when he returns (if he doesn't need to sleep straight away). Lola 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsWaldo Posted April 11 #2527 Share Posted April 11 2 minutes ago, mysty said: We've been informed that the tour that included the Forbidden City in Beijing has had to be changed. Unfortunately, Silversea was not able to get tickets to that venue. There is an exhibit on display and the tickets sold out quickly. It is an 11.5 hour excursion with 3.5 hours of bus ride each way. I am bowing out and Myster is going. Are they not using the fast train from Tianjin? It's only an hour using that method... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted April 11 Author #2528 Share Posted April 11 57 minutes ago, MrsWaldo said: Are they not using the fast train from Tianjin? It's only an hour using that method... This is an Included Excursion. Travel is by bus. 😔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lincslady Posted April 11 #2529 Share Posted April 11 That explains it, then. ☹️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsWaldo Posted April 11 #2530 Share Posted April 11 DIL was born in Tianjin, still has family there Her comment was not suitable for a forum. Although she said a good tour company would secure a carriage on the train Catarina (host) asked about local shopping in Tianjin DIL response was nothing unless you want tea. LOL DIL thought I was still onboard and was arranging for her dad to get things to the ship 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted April 11 Author #2531 Share Posted April 11 Currently sailing through fog en route to Tianjin. The mournful ship's horn adds to the moody transit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DavyWavey70 Posted April 11 #2532 Share Posted April 11 28 minutes ago, mysty said: Currently sailing through fog en route to Tianjin. The mournful ship's horn adds to the moody transit. Safe sailing M. There’s something quite spectacular yet eery about sailing through fog, unless of course it’s at night and then we all know how that goes. Feels like you’ve been away forever! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted April 12 Author #2533 Share Posted April 12 1 hour ago, DavyWavey70 said: Safe sailing M. There’s something quite spectacular yet eery about sailing through fog, unless of course it’s at night and then we all know how that goes. Feels like you’ve been away forever! And yet it feels like time has passed in a blink! It is currently sunny and chilly. I'm sitting on the pool deck dressed for the chill and enjoying a delicious cappuccino crafted by the excellent pool deck staff. Life is good! 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DavyWavey70 Posted April 12 #2534 Share Posted April 12 Awww M, savour every moment xxx 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted April 14 Author #2535 Share Posted April 14 It's been a busy couple of days in Tianjin ( Beijing). I'm struggling to cobble together the photos. Yesterday, the excursion to the Great Wall presented us with dense fog. Very disappointing after the almost 4 hour bus ride. We did get to plant our feet on the Wall though. Today we are again sailing through dense fog en route to Hiroshima. Stay tuned. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted April 15 Author #2536 Share Posted April 15 Photos from the Temple of Heaven and Tiananmen Square tour (formerly The Forbidden City tour) Tiananmen Square Temple of Heaven 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted April 16 Author #2537 Share Posted April 16 Some photos from the Great Wall excursion. Access to the funicular..... Assorted photos..... 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted April 16 Author #2538 Share Posted April 16 The Atrium of the Silver Shadow has been decorated for our arrival in Hiroshima, Japan tomorrow. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricktalcott Posted April 17 #2539 Share Posted April 17 54 years ago, I was sitting in a bar in Akabane, middle of nowhere in Northern Tokyo, having a conversation with a Japanese guy about being a soldier in Burma during WWII. The conversation got to the point where we needed the word, "surrender", but neither of us knew the other's word for surrender. He solved the linguistical problem by raising both hands in the air and saying, "hold up". The conversation continued along, and we never got around to learning each other's word. That always bothered me, if only as illustrations that 1) you're never done learning a language, and 2) it's possible to have real conversations without being completely fluent. This morning, we went to the Brush Museum in Hiroshima to learn how calligraphy brushes are made. The final part of the morning gave us a chance to use calligraphy to make a scroll. So I fired up Google Translate and looked up the Japanese word for "surrender." It's "降伏 - Kōfuku". Picture of the scroll is attached. Just about everybody, including the Japanese instructors, thought it was an odd pick. They saw it as a WWII in Burma word and more than odd to put on a meditation-room wall. Originally, I had been toying with "Let go," but neither English or Japanese have a clear reflexive like Spanish or French does so I settled on surrender. Looking at the word choice from a meditative point of view, "Let go" struck me as the weaker of the two words. If I let go, I'm still there as the person who used to hold the rope. If I pick "surrender", then the person who used to hold the rope is also gone and only the unbounded silence remains. Probably, enough metaphysics for one day. Here's the scroll: Rick 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted April 18 Author #2540 Share Posted April 18 Yesterday we were in Hiroshima. We did the excursion to Hiroshima Castle and Gardens. Shukkeien Garden 14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare highplanesdrifters Posted April 18 #2541 Share Posted April 18 Hiroshima Castle looks lovely. Thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted April 19 Author #2542 Share Posted April 19 Photos from yesterday's visit to Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine..... 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted April 19 Author #2543 Share Posted April 19 On our second day in Osaka we did Mt. Rokko & Sake Museum. Mt. Rokko..... Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Museum..... Sake Dispensers..... 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare highplanesdrifters Posted April 19 #2544 Share Posted April 19 How can you pass up a "sake museum exclusive"? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted April 20 Author #2545 Share Posted April 20 We're currently sailing to Tokyo. Original arrival was scheduled for 6:00 pm. Updated arrival is now 8:00 pm. We have an excursion booked. Tokyo by Night with Teppanyaki Dinner. I hope I don't fall asleep after the first course. 🙄 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jpalbny Posted April 20 #2546 Share Posted April 20 Hope you had a fun excursion and that you've been able to sleep in this morning! Time for the next segmenters to board today? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted April 21 Author #2547 Share Posted April 21 (edited) 30 minutes ago, jpalbny said: Hope you had a fun excursion and that you've been able to sleep in this morning! Time for the next segmenters to board today? We actually got lucky and we were docked at around 7:00 pm. I made it through all 8 courses! 😁 The food was delicious! Very substantial helping of waygu! 😋 Taking a sea day today! Folks embarking today. No idea of how many. Edited April 21 by mysty 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Silver Spectre Posted April 21 #2548 Share Posted April 21 1 hour ago, mysty said: We actually got lucky and we were docked at around 7:00 pm. I made it through all 8 courses! 😁 The food was delicious! Very substantial helping of waygu! 😋 Taking a sea day today! Folks embarking today. No idea of how many. 18 from the Yoko Westin 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted April 21 Author #2549 Share Posted April 21 Photos from our Teppanyaki meal last night at Steak House Hama..... 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lincslady Posted April 21 #2550 Share Posted April 21 That looks like a really lovely experience, it is great that you were on good form to enjoy it all. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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