Although the internet has been very poor in the stateroom recently I have to admit that we have been kept busy. I have not spent the time necessary to find better internet somewhere else on the ship. There are public places that work well.
Our first stop on our excursion was to a lookout high in the hills to overlook the volcano across the bay. Well, that didn’t work at all. The weather was terrible so we saw basically nothing. Much later in the day the weather started to clear and I took this photo form our veranda on the ship. It isn’t perfect. But I didn’t need to waste a few hours driving through a crowded city. Oh well.
Our next stop on the excursion was at a museum. That was sort of okay. Except there was not a single sign in English. We could look at the displays but had no idea what they were. The art work was really good on many. And being a museum no photos were allowed. Sorry! So when we got back to the harbor I took some photos of the flowers. I really have no idea what these are. But they were everywhere and very pretty. I thought they were a version of poppies. But others said no. What are they?
And just as we were ready to sail away some dignitary came out and made a farewell speech saying we were the first Viking ship to ever come to Kagoshima and they hope many more will follow. Then a troupe entertained us with their dance. The sister city to Kagoshima is Honolulu. So the dance sounded very Hawaiian.
Then we went to dinner at the World Café buffet and spent another 3 hours like normal.
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