Enrico's Travel Blog

September 1, 2026 Sonoma, CA > Kansas City, MO Good morning and welcome back. We begin our fall excursions with a flight to Kansas City. We are here to seen George and Oliver in a football game. This is the first of 91 days of adventure. This fall we will be in Praha (Prague) the Capital of the Czech Republic. From which we will take the train to Wien (Vienna) the Capital of Austria. We will fly from Wien to Paris to Torino for a short stay in Torino for Amadea’s birthday

Tokyo, Japan Good morning, still struggling with the time change. We have a tour this morning and will get to the ship at the Tokyo International Cruise Terminal about 14:00. This morning we will visit the Meiji Shrine, Imperial Outer Gardens and the Hamarikyu Gardens. The Meiji Shrine is a Shinto shrine dedicated to the deified spirits of Emperor Meiji (1852 – 1912) and his white Express Shōken. Again, it was totally destroyed in WWII. The present iteration of the shrine

Tokyo, Japan Good morning, another early day. Still fighting the time shift. We are going to visit Asakusa & Ginza today. The truth is we aren’t visiting Asakusa but we are visiting the Senso-ji Buddhist temple. They claim is that this is the Tokyo’s oldest and most iconic Buddhist temple. The claim it was founded in 628. It may have been founded in 628 but it was completely destroyed on March 10, 1945 during WWII. It was rebuilt in the late 50’s and the pagoda was built in