Belgian fry

I have been advised by colleagues working there to have the forms. You probably won't be asked for them, but if you are and you don't have them, then it's no laughing matter

I wrote to yakkan@mhlw.go.jp with a list of our medicines. I'l glad I did because my husband's blood thinner requires the Yunyu Kakunin-sho certificate

I think I need to cancel our premium upgrades. I need to stick to European wines due to sulfite sensitivity (which is why I upgraded), but it doesn't look like there's going to be much available

We bring the allowed amount of wine on because their limited choice of not great wines make me ill (as in "requiring the hospital on board ship twice" ill). It was actually on board one of their ships that I had two serious allergic reactions to sulfites, although I didn't know at the time what was happening. So, if I want wines which are safer for me, I have to stick to European wines really, as they are less messed about.

My mum had polio as a child. She made sure we had all our immunisations. As for Covid vaccines, my father is a medical research scientist (now retired) and he had no reservations about us having it. Nothing is really ever new in medicine. Many people will have been working on it for many years. Whilst Covid was new, Coronaviruses aren’t

Tipping is not appropriate in Japan. Please respect the culture

There is no dedicated Bow cam channel any more (at least there wasn't in February). The TV cycles between the bow cam and navigational information (some of this is very bright), so we were not able to do this

more than a month later? Seems a bit odd to me. I think it's more likely this is round 2

16 March and the one afterwards, I believe

Judging from posts on the Celebrity Millennium FB group, there seem to have been more people being cancelled yesterday and today. Argh!

In Europe, fares that are non/refundable (most of them) are just that. If you cancel, you get nothing, no credit, nada! Our economy class fares from Brussels to Tokyo were €1400 each, so it would have been expensive!!!

Thanks for the article @Mahdnc As for the point that has been raised about booking through Celebrity: people outside of the US,UK and Australia and New Zealand are not eligible to book flights through Celebrity I am very relieved that our booking still appears to be OK

I'd say if you're comfortable being out and about where you live, then you're probably at no higher risk on a cruise ship. By coincidence, my husband tested positive this morning. No idea where he picked it up but he has been in the office, to shops, to the restaurant

Realistically though, they're not going to let me check in at 8am though, are they? If we can't check in until 3 or 4 pm, there isn't much point

Thanks but it's not working for me for the Hilton Yokohama