Adventures with Dale and Marny from SLO



April 30, 2011 the MS Verladam docked at Nagasaki with our friends Dale and Marny Cardin who were taking an Asian cruise for their 30th wedding anniversary.  We met them at their ship.





Marny and Dale are greeted by samurai warriors and...

two Miss Nagasakis

We take the street car and then a taxi to get to Mt. Inasaiyama, the tallest mountain top in Nagasaki City and a great viewing place.

It was very windy, but the view was spectacular, 360 degree view of both harbor and the East China Sea that feeds into the Nagasaki harbor. 

We were on the mountain top directly across from where their ship had docked

Going back down the mountain we saw a map that noted a shortcut trail, so off we went into the woods.

We walked about a third of the way down and then found a road and took a bus to the bottom.

Then a street car to the Suwa Shinto Shrine where there was a formal wedding going on.  Goro and Shelley were also married here on 7/7/77

Next we went to a very traditional Japanese restaurant and had a private room with view of garden and wonderful food and beer.  We needed a walk after that and strolled downtown until we came to Megane Bashi, Eyeglasses Bridge, the oldest stone bridge in Japan.  It was then time for them to get back to the ship, so we hugged goodbye and went our separate ways.  A great day for all.