Welcome champagned on Formal Night. Then dinner at Sabbatini's. Frescobaldi wine from Tuscany was featured. But we instead had Bertani Amarone from the Valpolicella region of Verona, Italy. With white wine and gin martini. Appetizers. My grand soup. A misti assortment. A couple of shrimp dishes, My dinner of mushroom risotto and ossobuco. Panna Cotta dessert. On to karaoke. Final stop at Skywalker's Night Club Only 3126 steps on Day 2 of cruise. We arrived in the Port of Osaka the morning of Day 3. We are berthed almost alongside the largest aquarium in the World, Kaiyukan. I've been to Osaka at least 50 times. Here is my posting of almost exactly two years ago , which described this city, and showed a photo of whale sharks in this aquarium. They are today called Kai and Yu Went early for lunch, so breakfast was still being served. A concoction of rice, miso soup. hash, sunny side egg and natto. to start, with a Bloody Mary. Second c...
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