Nara
24/03/05 07:13 in: Japan
Tube to JR Namba to go to Nara but got off at Namba instead so had to get Kintetsu line to a different station in Nara. Nice scenic journey up through the hills and a Starbucks at the station to relax with.
Lovely warm sunny day after the previous two days and very pretty open park spaces to walk around. All the park area is occupied by the local deer who are extremely tame and quite happy to come and eat out of your hand especially if your hand is full of deer crackers which are on sale for 150 yen a packet. Favourite deer tactic is to wait near to a deer cracker vendor and then jump on the person who opens the first packet of crackers.
Walked back down to the town centre and had a truly disgusting chicken sandwich before stopping at a 100 Yen shop for some gifts and finally to JR station for slow train to Kyoto and get out of the freezing rain.
Jumped on a bullet train in Kyoto and back in Osaka in 20 minutes so in time to find excellent model shop where he gave us 30% off since he was so pleased to see a customer. Had a Macdonalds in the station and then took the subway to Umeda where we went to internet cafe to check email and weather forecasts. Very cold night and did laundry order back at the hotel.
Lovely warm sunny day after the previous two days and very pretty open park spaces to walk around. All the park area is occupied by the local deer who are extremely tame and quite happy to come and eat out of your hand especially if your hand is full of deer crackers which are on sale for 150 yen a packet. Favourite deer tactic is to wait near to a deer cracker vendor and then jump on the person who opens the first packet of crackers.
Walked back down to the town centre and had a truly disgusting chicken sandwich before stopping at a 100 Yen shop for some gifts and finally to JR station for slow train to Kyoto and get out of the freezing rain.
Jumped on a bullet train in Kyoto and back in Osaka in 20 minutes so in time to find excellent model shop where he gave us 30% off since he was so pleased to see a customer. Had a Macdonalds in the station and then took the subway to Umeda where we went to internet cafe to check email and weather forecasts. Very cold night and did laundry order back at the hotel.