The Adventures of Jen

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Thursday, August 27, 2009

Thursday

Time for work. I like Thursdays so hopefully today will be a great day!


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Sunday, August 23, 2009

bud in japan part 4



































whew! part 4. bud took a lot of pictures!

day 4 we went to kyoto. we got up, headed out but due to floods and a lot of rain, our train was delayed by about 30 minutes. then when the 1 train came, it was so so so full. it continued to get fuller and fuller as we stopped at the next 4 stops. now ive been on packed trains before, but this was the fullest train i have ever been on. there was no space left at all. unless i would have jumped up and sat on the baggage rack. now looking back, this couldve been a possibility haha.

we finally made it to nagoya and decided to take the shinkansen-or bullet train- to kyoto. its only 30 minutes by shinkansen, but 2.5 hours by normal train. but its also double the price. anyways, we set out and 30 minutes later, we were in kyoto. we got bus passes, checked in at our hostel and then set out to explore the city.

first we stopped at sanjusangendo. this is a place with lots of statues. then we made our way to kiyomizudera. after that, we were so tired and starving so we took a break and ate. then walked back a long way to our hostel since the buses were full. the boys (hiro, bud and hideki) went out to a nice meat filled dinner, while rach and i opted to rest and just eat a small dinner at the hostel.

bud in japan part 3




























sunday we woke up, went to church and went to lunch at tiger cafe. after lunch, we met up with hiro to go to a toyota museum. it was much more interesting than i had anticipated. we spent the afternoon there. then we went to eat sushi! it was conveyor belt style so bud was a very happy boy. after that, we met another friend and went to a game center where we played some video games, took pictures and then headed home. a good day!