While the travel to be introduced is for the future, these will nevertheless be rather nostalgic, for I've done them before, many times. Pride of America?  This will be around my 6th time. Japan?  I've landed on a plane from an international country to this country at least a hundred times, and, maybe 200. Diamond Princess?  That was the last previous time I visited Japan almost four years ago when part of our trip was a cruise on this ship.  You might recall that  the Diamond Princes was the catalyzing event to start the covid pandemic , and that started soon after we disembarked.  The trips to be featured today are: September 2-9:  Norwegian Pride of America 7-day around Hawaiian Islands cruise.  Why?  We just  took one in May of last year. We had not traveled for 27 months, so the escape was adventurous, considering the state of this pandemic, and a bit stressful, because of COVID-19.  However, it was supremely enjoyable, especia...