Well, well, well...it seems the only time we were able to have any kind of rest was on the darn train! We had an awesome packed day. We made it to Kyoto! We had some time before meeting our guide, so we went for a walk and stumbled upon the Nishiki Market--it was on our list anyway so we went on inside. Again, we had some good (strange) food and I think it was the first time I saw Greg turn green--from a fish/potato stick with cheese in the middle! We thought we saw some geisha, but it turns out it was some girls dressed like geisha for tourists. Okay, Greg wants us to think they were geisha. 😃
On the way to meet our guide, we got to see the Kyoto Tower.
We really lucked out, our guide Ryoji was awesome--he spoke great English and had a good sense of humor. Thank goodness because I asked some questions that had Greg and the tour guide laughing out loud! :)....like 'isn't there a famous noodle resturant in Japan?' I can explain people! We had suggested to him to take us on a night walk in Gion, but he suggested we go to a Lantern Festival in Arashiyama. One of the things I love about Japan is the lanterns, so this was absolutely incredible to see an entire old wooden (yet modern) town lit with hundreds of lanterns. We walked several hundred year old staircases leading to shines lit by lanterns. It was so cool. To get to one of the shines, we crossed the 'moon bridge,' both are below.
At the top of one of the stairways, we got a great picture of us with Kyoto in the background. Look carefully and you can see the Kyoto tower.
Finally, our tour ended by walking through a lit bamboo forest. This picture only does a small amount of justice to the huge bamboo grove.
After our tour guide left, we found a Mister Donut---remember that place? We had a donut on our train ride back to the hotel. Feeling so fortunate to be having this amazing experience.
Tomorrow is another busy day....
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