Hello again!
We've made it to Kyoto! It was a simple trip actually. The train is very fast (not surprisingly since it's called a bullet train), clean, and spacious. We lounged and read and Thao slept.
We arrived in Kyoto around 2pm and took a local train to the western part where our hostel was. We ended up taking a taxi because we couldn't get good directions and then upon arriving at the hostel it was decided that we wouldn't stay there. Oh well. We walked the ~1 mile back to the train station and came back to Kyoto station. Strange how now a 1 mile walk seems like a short little jaunt. We managed to find a room at the hotel within the main Kyoto train station. It's on "special" due to the festival here and wasn't too expensive.
We just finished eating noodles and chicken (and shave ice, which we found very common here) and are likely heading back to our room soon.
Tomorrow we'll sight see and enjoy all of the history, temples, and shrines that Kyoto has to offer.
6 comments:
Sounds like you are having fun. Wish I could be there. Love and miss, Stacey
you'll have to tell us more about the youth hostel! How long did it take to get to Kyoto on the bullet train? cjb
ahhh, the beauty of the shinkansen. Don't you think that the word sounds so cool? If you pronounce it correctly, ha ha. Are you starting to see that things in Japan are simply "the best"
ikuo
Shave ice? That must have been a nice treat after walking back to the train station with your bags. Poo. Sorry to hear that the hostel didn't work out, but glad to hear that you guys found something reasonable and centrally located.
ikuo
if it is that awesome, we should plan a trip in the future so i can go to. love deb
LOL - I am reading this with Andrew sitting next to me and chuckling to myself. Thanks for not saying that I was so high maintenance that I couldn't stay at the hostel. LOL
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