Day Two-- Nagoya and Osaka and Kyoto

I woke up at 5:30. Joy.

We watched Transformers and hadbreakfast andleft.

God, it's too hotand humid.

Nagoya Castle is pretty (And airconditioned) but itwas really crowded. Then we went to a park that was having a Disneyland show orsomething. Theroof hasa pond/fountainon it. So the water made rippling reflections on everything below.

By thetime we returned to the station, I was ready to die. We went to "Mermaid Cafe" and sat directly under the air vents. Iced milk tea isdisgusting but addicting.

We got free stuff.

By the way, I found my soulmate.

Yes, he was walking through the station, Asian, with black hair andbrown eyes. He MUST have been over six one. The moment our eyes did not meet I knew we were meant to betogether.

My fan, the air conditioner at Nagoya Castle's observation deck, and the J-rocker we followed have some competition.

Oh, and I hit my head on the lamp at the cafe. It hurt.



Bullet trains are scary.

We made itto Osaka is probably halfan hour. It was just as muggy. The hostel is farther from the station than the hotel wasin Nagoya. It is on the tenth floorof a ten story building. Ithas manga, computers, vending machines, and a cafteria. The rooms are on the ninth floor. It is dorm style, with two bunkbeds anda tatamiarea with room fortwo people. The restroom is down the hall, with your choice of western ortraditional toilets.

The showers are upstairs. With one private shower. The rest are public.

After we made our beds and let our legs breathe, we met sensei and went back out.

Shopping in Teramachi!

Kyoto is my new favorite place. Evar.

He let us go to the main strip. We ran to Tower Records, and I found two Melon Kinenbi CDs I havebeen searchingfor. Yayy~

Fordinner, wewent to Haagen Daz, orhowever youspell it. xD

I had an apple float. It was good. (and I havenot had much ofanappetite)

We dragged the boys around.

Jonathan is getting on my last nerve. He is likea four year old. During lunch, he would not stop wiggling. He wasscooting hischair, playing with money, flicking smoothies at Nathaniel... And hetalks soloudly! He takesevery little comment literally, and argues when we kid. Everyone is getting sick of him.

Anywho. So Kyoto is great.

The shops are great. The feeling isgreat. The lights are great. There was this little back street, full of lanterns and little shops. We hada lotof fun. Nathaniel promises that when we are in Tokyo or have more time, he will do karaoke with me. Yayy!

It took forever to get back. We got our keys and wentto ourroom. Emily and Heidi talked about how much they hate Maurice.


I planned on taking thelongest shower known to man. I was halfway through the shower when someone started banging on thedoor. I hurried andfinished, to find out that a woman who had left when I came in had lefther clothes in there, apparently, and wasn't very happy that I had gone before her. I thought shewas going to smack me. And shedidn't speaka wordof Japanese or English, so I couldn't apologize.

I am embarrassed.