Day 7- Bold bamboo, murderous monkeys & gushing Geishas After a bit of a sleep in (a cocktail too many last night?) we took off to Kyoto's Arashiyama area for the day. We stopped at a little place called Holly's Cafe for Breakfast and enjoyed coffee, mango juice, eggs on toast and pancakes (yes, we're still eating lots). We made our way to Arashiyama via the subway and then another train (we are getting super good at using the ticket machines)! The townshi...

Day 6 - Happy Hour in Kyoto For the first time on our trip we set an alarm to force ourselves to get up early this morning. We skipped breakfast and went straight to Hiroshima Station to get our train to Kyoto. After a (terrible) coffee and an identified meat sandwich at the station we ran into a friend of mine (Bec's) from high school! It's funny where you can find people you know, even on the other side of the world! This friend will be in Kyoto at the same ...