Today was an odd day. Tania woke up early and rode the shinkansen to Himeji to see the white castle. Craig stayed in and slowly organized the items he wanted to ship back to the US.
Tania can write a blog entry about how fulfilling her day was with this cultured trip to an amazing Japanese city, but Craig will say simply, shipping internationally sucks. It took longer than I expected, which made me show up in Nara, a gorgeous city southeast of Osaka, close to sunset, meaning I missed all joy that is to come of this city.
That is unless you were to surprisingly run across your new wife in the Nara streets. Then it's the damn greatest day in the world!
Tania and I quickly forgave ourselves for not roaming the Nara forest, amongst the gentle Bambis, and chalked it up to it being our last day in Japan, and needing to take it at our own pace before entering the chaos known as China on Friday. So we strolled the lovely yet indistinguishable streets of Nara for a while, and grabbed some fruity touristy drinks from a lively cafe, before heading back to Osaka for some more local cuisine.
What we expected to be a chore ended up being the most pleasantly convenient meal during our stay in Osaka. We thought we'd have to walk block after block to stumble upon the okonomiyaki joint recommended to us by Nokaba, but thanks to our handy yet non English speaking hotel staff, we learned that this restaurant was next door to our hotel. Thank you Japanese restaurant God!!!!
The meal was delicious, the drinks were great, and the conversation was stellar! What a way to end our stay in this trophy of a country named Japan! We'll report much more on our final thoughts on this island, but for now, please know that we highly recommend that you all who are reading this take the time and money to spend at least two weeks amongst these people and their culture. You'll be happy that you did.
Off to bed. We have a very early rise in the morning in order to catch our plane to Beijing.
We're going to China tomorrow. So crazy to even think about that. But it's happening, and we can't be late, so wish us luck. No idea what our Internet connectivity will be over the next 4 weeks, but we'll do our best to stay as connected as possible and report back on all of the amazing things we see and do. Yet if we don't report regularly, trust that we're safe and happy (Mom and Dad x2).
Love you all, and have a great rest of the week!
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