Ok let's try this again....I am feeling a bit better. I have come down with a horrible cold and thankfully brought some cold medication with me, although it will run out soon! I decided to book a tour to cover as many places as I could in one day. I booked a Kyoto/Nara full day tour. We started the day visiting the Nijo Castle. The castle was built in 1603 . It is one of the finest examples or early Edo period and Momoyama culture in Japan. The gate in was so bea...

So I will start this post letting you know that I am full out cold/flu sickness. Not fun when traveling and thankfully I brought some cold meds with me! So I woke up this morning to find I was actually in a magical place and the nice guy at the train station sent me the most direct route to the hotel which happened to be scary dark alley! My sleep on the mat on the floor was good and I actually slept a long time. Woke up and had breakfast. No western breakfast at...