We walked around 26 blocks of this city. There were 3 businesses open, 2 of which were different 7-11 locations. Everyone told us that this city was super exciting and it was awesome forever. We were misled. Never come here. There is nothing but pain and boredom.

Holy carp, my legs are killing me! We did a lot of walking/hiking today. We couldn't sleep very well, so we got up at 5 again. The bed here at Khaosan Kyoto is awful. It is a box spring box with a thin comforter over top of it and a starchy sheet to cover yourself with, which we don't need since our room is either freezing cold with 99% humidity, or warm, but tolerable, with the window open. We did learn that we like walking around earlier in the day, anyway, sin...

Yes, two blog updates in one day! We got done with our sightseeing pretty early today, but we got to visit Kinkakuji, the golden pavilion, and Nijo Castle! I'll let the pictures speak for themselves. I'm pretty tired but I'm fighting to not go to bed at 6pm. Hence this blog entry. So, we figured out the bus system, which isn't that bad, thanks especially to helpful guides and maps from the Khaosan Kyoto hostel. We easily navigated through bus to Kinkakuji and Ni...

Hello everyone! Guess what? We finally slept until a normal time today! We went to bed at 9pm and slept until 7am! Hoorah! Anyway, we are in Kyoto now. I am super amazed at Jeph's skills at navigating the Japanese transit system. He was able to get us safely from Osaka to Kyoto with as little transfers and little amount of money possible. Why am I surprised, I knew I married a smart man! This blog will be short since yesterday was spent traveling and packing ba...

Thanks to jet lag, we woke up super early our first morning in Osaka (and if you can tell from the time stamp on this post, we did it again the next morning). The trains don't start running until 5:30am and we waited for the hostel's 9:30 tour. And we thought we wouldn't get up early enough, ha! We walked around and ate at McDonald's for breakfast. Okay, you know how classy Panera bread is with its nice booths, internet, recharging stations for your electronics, ...