Eric, Steph, Eri, Maria and Elise by Heian Shrine |
Kathryn, Frances, Andrew, and Lauren |
By Derek, Frances and Elise
Derek: hey dudes, im in a train station now and oh man am i having a blast. WOOOOOOO!!!! so we just arrived in hiroshima and i just read that i was supposed to talk about my day. i went to a temple with the guys then i went to kyoto tower. after that i sat in hotel and did nothing. it was awesome. a very relaxing day it was. im out! miss you guys.
fran: today we had a free day in kyoto, we went the golden temple, which i've already seen but it was beautiful, definitely one of the coolest temples. then we walked around for a while and ate. i had curry, what else. we walked to the temple with 1000 buddhas and it was awesome. some old man wanted to practice his english so he gave lauren and me a tour, it was pretty interesting. right now we're on our way to hiroshima. it should be fun, but it's weird not having a host family to go home to. byebye. miss you mom and dad!
elise -- today we went and saw a temple devoted to the merciful goddess kannon. there were 1001 golden statues each with fifty arms and a large sitting kannon in the middle. there were all sorts of other gods and goddesses with statues and it was really neat. also some old people took a picture with me because i was wearing my shinsengumi jacket. well i miss my sisters, and jayne and josie you are SO coming along next time.