Sea Day

Doing the Laundry on the Diamond Princess

This morning we loaded up the backpack and our assorted bags with dirty laundry and headed down the hall. In the tiny laundromat we met a lovely young Japanese woman and her mother doing their laundry. She needed a little help figuring out the fabric softener because the directions on the machine were written in English. We managed to help her out and get her started. Then two  Japanese men came in to start their laundry. Since we were so busy talking  we didn’t get our clothes in the machine yet.  The two men tried to figure out how to use their machine. Paul helped them to get the coin in the right place and the timer going.  Meanwhile we loaded our two machines and promptly messed up the controls on the machines by hitting the dryer buttons instead of the washer buttons. They were right next to each other . Maybe we would’ve noticed if we weren’t so busy helping everyone else! We all had a good laugh and had to call on the phone and wait for the attendant to come and help us out. We had a nice conversation with the young Japanese woman and her mother who had been to Las Vegas to visit her daughter many times. They were so kind and friendly and complimented us on our “excellent” Japanese. LOL!  We gave credit for learning some Japanese words to our friend Miyo.