So i spent the weekend in true Emily (and Pants) style - eating, drinking, cooking, and sleeping. Pants came up for a visit, meaning i was able to welcome my 3rd guest ever into my apartment. We're talking literally the 3rd friend to ever enter my abode. Yeah.But anyway, Friday Pants arrived. Luckily for both of us, and our stomachs, Keiko was able to hang out too, meaning instead of taking the inconvenient, expensive and long bus ride from the station we had a car (and our kind of ride - she suggested stopping for Baskin Robins before dinner). Then i actually entertained (Emily lets out a squeal of glee) making salad and pasta for Rach and Keiko, digging into some wine, and just chatting for hours with the girls. It felt really good.
Saturday Pants and I slept in, waking to French Toast and a slow trip into Kyoto (weekend plan of sleeping and eating continues - Pants napped and i read the Lonely Planet India on the hour long train). We spent the afternoon shopping and wandering the parts of the city i was less familiar with. And when i say less familiar i mean we spent over an hour trying to find a French restaurant that, in the end, I dont think really exists. We settled for Indian (helping increase our excitement about our upcoming trip) which was delicious, though probably mostly fabulous for being exactly where i thought it was :) Then of course some free entertainment by the river. Saturdays are fire dancing days it would seem.
After crashing at a much obliging Kristin's place we stopped at the 100 Yen bakery in ZeZe (like i said, sleep and eat) before going back to Kyoto and heading straight for - you guessed it, lunch. We easily discovered the Thai place i'd been longing to try and enjoyed some great Thai favorites like som tam and sticky rice. Yum. We waddled from the restaurant and somehow discovered an oasis: surrounding the imperial palace, a block from the thai restaurant, is a public park. not only did we find a place to wander and waste the time, but just after we discussed napping on a park bench it was provided for us - a beautiful 10+ foot bench that was really just a log cut in half lengthwise which for us acted as a bed for at least half an hour. After the sun became just a bit too warm we wandered a bit again, before collapsing on the grass in the shade for nap number two.
This time we woke up a bit more refreshed and started the journey toward our afternoon caffeine and snack. Needless to say we were a little over-full again after cheesecake and cappucino/chai. Honestly. We finished up the day with a fruitful stop at Uniqlo (basically the Japanese blend of Gap and Old Navy), headed back to Kyoto Station, enjoyed the view from the 12th floor gardens (riding escalators up the whole way), and parted ways.I arrived home around 8 and wanted to crawl immediately into bed. Who knew eating and napping could take so much out of a person?
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you're much better at blogging than i am....
well yeah, i know.
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