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WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO CIRCUMNAVIGATE PLANET EARTH

We're in the Plumeria Lounge of Hawaiian Airlines.

Next stop, Haneda Airport.
 
It's alway so exciting to anticipate the coming of a global adventure.  
  • Now, I want these trips to be as secure and comfortable as possible.  Thus, we are traveling business class, except for the Bangkok to Dubai to Munich leg being on Emirates first class.  
  • I never asked, but I assume they don't practice Ramadan on their flights and airport lounge. In 2022 we caught an Emirates first class from Bangkok to Dubai.  Unlimited caviar, with showers on the plane.  Fabulous experience.  
  • So we thought we'd double the pleasure.  It is 3000 miles from Bangkok to Dubai, but 3700 miles from Dubai to Munich.
  • And a big plus.  Washington D.C. is reaching peak cherry blossom blooms now.  They said it's due to climate change.  Tokyo and D.C. are very similar in terms of weather.  Certainly, too, our first few days then will feature a surprisingly early Sakura season.
So here is our entire around the world trip:

Stops in Tokyo, Singapore, Bangkok, Munich, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Barcelona and New York City.  Three cruises:
  • 8-day Tauck Spirit Tulip cruise from Amsterdam to Brussels.
  • 10-day Regent Seven Seas Voyager Mediterranean from Barcelona to Athens.
  • 7-day Queen Mary II from Southhampton to New York City.
Our first stop of four days in Tokyo should offer some Cherry Blossom sights, for they are blooming early this year.  The Tokyo Westin is across the street from Robuchon, so we'll return there for dinner.
Not sure why we're stopping Singapore, but it's a particularly safe city with a variety of sights and scenes.  Four days in Bangkok for me to make my final series of vests.

I haven't been to Munich for a long time.  Love the city.  Not sure what is planned.
Copenhagen has Noma, which is soon to close, so a reservation is impossible.  Never bothered to check.  Will spend a day at Tivoli Gardens.

Will have a couple of days in Amsterdam, always a joy.  The tulip cruise departs from this port.
A few days in Barcelona.  Nothing particularly planned.  The Regent cruise departs from here.

Then on the Queen Mary II to America.  We have six days in New York City because the plan was to catch Amtrak to DC for three days.  However, the hotel does not hold any luggage so we skipped DC.  A couple of Broadway shows.  Perhaps a Yankees game.  Went to one the last time I was here.

On Day 52, fly from JFK New York to Honolulu via Seattle.

I haven't been around the world for more than a decade.  I remember another sakura and tulip combination in 2012.  I think my last one, though, was My Ultimate Global Adventure, in 2013, 51 amazing days. Click on any day to read the whole posting.

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