From: bernie Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:35:58 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Edit page blog/2009/April X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=e4203133b1bd3a00781fea89f61787bac680178a Edit page blog/2009/April --- diff --git a/blog/2009/April b/blog/2009/April index e5b0beb..dcac063 100644 --- a/blog/2009/April +++ b/blog/2009/April @@ -35,11 +35,16 @@ sent from all over the world in memory of the little Sadako. === April 23rd -- Kyoto last day === -==== Last day in Kyoto: Arashiyama ==== +==== Morking: Arashiyama by bike ==== - * Hmmm... +In the morning of this sunny day, we biked to a few locations on the +east side of Kyoto: -==== A city I did not like ==== + * [[Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Kyoto/Dakakuji|Dakakuji]], an active Shingon Buddhist temple + * [[Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Kyoto/Tenryuji|Tenryuji]], another beautiful Buddhist temple with a beautiful Zen garden, next to a bamboo forest + * [[Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Kyoto/Monkey_Park|Monkey Park]], a place where you can closely observe and interact with Japanese macaques. + +==== Evening: a city I did not like ==== At last, I've found a place I actually didn't like much in Japan! The first impression of Osaka's central station was that it was old and @@ -61,10 +66,11 @@ restaurant in Dotombori, one specialized in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udon| There was no English menu and the only food I could order was a chest of cold spaghetti on a bamboo crate with no sauce but a cup of soy sauce, also cold of course, in which one could dip them separately. Or so I understood: the waiters were extremely -kind but wouldn't speak English, which created even more confusion. Dulcis in fundo, +kind but wouldn't speak English, which created even more confusion. //Dulcis in fundo//, the bill was much higher than usual and they wouldn't take credit cards. -No, it didn't rain. +We rushed back to the metro to Shin-Osaka, JR train to Kyoto, local train to +Arashiyama, where our bikes were still waiting for us for the ride back home. === April 22nd ===