Today I woke about eight ish and with Steven still snoozing away I went upstairs for a cup of tea, it wasn't long before he joined me and so we had a little breakfast before starting our day. Today we decided to have a nice relaxed day and wander around the surrounding area... We eventually left the hostel at about eleven ish and headed out. We headed in the direction of Gion as we wanted to experience it in the day time... We wandered in the direction of this ...

We had our breakfast at the hostel and checked out at 9am ready for another day of sightseeing. We embarked on a six and a half km walk north through Kyoto towards the Kinkaku-ji, other known as the 'temple of the golden pavilion and is one of the most famous sights in Kyoto. The walk took the best part of an hour but we felt really refreshed which actually made a change! The sun was out and we enjoyed a good chat along the way. We were missing our nightly chat...