Getting Onboard Westerdam

After visiting Chinatown, we went back to Yokohama Station. We went to the Takashiyama department store and had a Japanese style Western lunch at the top floor. We cruise around the department store, then go to the bakery “Echire” to go some treat to eat on our cruise. (We bought some treats in Echire Tokyo and we really like it!)

We then took a taxi to the pier, browsed around, then we checked-in into our “home” for the next 16 days: the Westerdam.

We are taking this cruise from Yokohama, Japan to Seattle, US. We will stop by 2 cities in Hokkaido, 3 cities in Alaska as well as Victoria, BC. We will also take 5 days (6 days) to cross the Pacific Ocean.

We are lucky to have a stateroom in the midship with a balcony. Symeon will sleep on a bed which can be open at night and close as a sofa in the daytime. It is a closey little home for us for the next 16 days.

After we organized to unpack our luggage, we got directed to the spa by mistake. Both Paul and I purchased to use the thermal suite during our journey. It includes the use of the thermal pool, thermal bed, steam room and the bathroom in the spa. It became our favour spot to hangout during our cruise. I also won the lucky draw of USD $100 to spend at the spa. I feel lucky.

We finally decided to go to the buffet for dinner on our disbarkment night. Nice and easy!

After dinner, both Paul and I went to the spa for the use of our thermal suite. Symeon picked a nice table. He sat there and watch our boat leaving Yokohama! We are glad that he enjoys the cruise himself!Read more