Kyoto!!!

Yesterday I finally got to go see Kyoto. I didn`t know this beforehand, but we met up with the 4 interns from Kobe for the day. It was great!

It was a bit of a rainy day, since we are expecting a typhoon in the next day or so, but I thought that the rain made some of the sites even more pretty. It was fun to see everyone lined up with their brightly colored umbrellas. Mine is blue and striped. When everyone followed Sister Sugimoto, it reminded me of little ducklings all in a row.

Here is a brief overview of my day:
left with Sister Sato and drove to Sakai
Met up with Sister Sugimoto in Sakai and drove to Kyoto
Met up with the Kobe interns. Yay!
Visited Sanjuusangendo - a Buddhist temple
Visited Kiyomizudera
Shopping for an hour - bought a few various souveneirs plus delicious peach mochi.
Dinner at `Makkudonarudo` aka McDonalds
Visited Kinkakuji
Visited Ryoanji - my favorite.
Car ride - listened to music with Taylor
Dinner at a buffet after James challenged a taiko drum game.
Car ride again - I fell asleep.
Startled awake by being tapped on the head (thanks, James)
Bed

I decided that I should dedicate a blog post to each of the sites we visited, or I wouldn`t do them justice. It might take a little time, but I am determmined to write all about them, and hopefully add my pictures when I can go use the Sato`s internet.