Long time no posting!
Here's another fun grammar video I've come across in my travels. It won't let me embed the video directly for some odd reason though....so here's the link!
Round 2: Grammar lessons with food
Wednesday, 30 October 2013
Thursday, 10 October 2013
...and here's the rest
Sorry about the delay getting these last pictures up. The inyernet was not super reliable in thise last few days and then real life got in the way.
The trip was incredible and I, for one, enjoyed every minute of it!
Wednesday, 9 October 2013
Thursday, 3 October 2013
Sorry about the vertical video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i3KLqIpn6o&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Tuesday, 1 October 2013
Coming to Kyoto
We left our accommodation in the early hours of this morning and arrived in Kyoto for lunch.
As we arrived in Kyoto a couple of hours before we were due to check into our hotel, we decided to go to Nara today rather than tomorrow.
We saw a very large and very impressive Buddha statue and accompanying shrine. Like on Miyajima, there were lots of sacred deer sauntering about.
Then it was back to Kyoto to check in and head out for some dinner.
Another awesome day!
Monday, 30 September 2013
Takayama
Apparwntly the name means tall mountains, but we were pleasantly surprised at the gentle hills. We arrived safe and sound and gound our accommodation. This place is remarkable. The staff are wonderful, the food amazing, and our surroundings endlessly peaceful.
We spent our day in the Hida historical village and exploring the town itself, which is very traditional. It is filled with heritage listed buildings and an example of a centuries old shogunate administration building - the ladt of its kind in Japan.
The village itself, in my mind, can best be described as a Japanese Hobbiton. Headed to Kyoyo tomorrow morning, and without further ado - here's the photos!
Sunday, 29 September 2013
Homeikan Ryokan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxGN9LsTvAE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
This was our first wonderful accommodation in Tokyo :)
Day 8 - Hiroshima
We walked to the Hiroshima Peace Gardens and Atomic Bomb memorial. It is difficult to express in words how moving it was. It was all at once filled with grief, regret, hope, and an impassioned plea for the abolition of nuclear arms worldwide.
Museum complexes are dedicated to those lives affected by the blast, from those orphaned and left alone, those who died slow and painful deaths from burns and radiation poisoning and those whose only trace were shadows burnt onto the walls and steps of buildings.
It was a confronting and provoking morning and not an experience I will soon forget.
After lunch we explored the city some more, doing a bit of shopping and lapping up the far less hectic atmosphere.
However, this will always be the day I had the opportunity to experience and share the grief of countless others and share their hope for a future free from the horror that occurred in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of 1945.
Friday, 27 September 2013
Day 7 - Miyajima
So...we climbed a mountain today. Well, a lot of it at least. Miyajima is a small island about a half hour train trip and then short ferry ride from Hiroshima. It is home to the famous red gate that is synonymous with Japan. It's also home to an amazing shrine, sacred wild deer, lots of shops and Mt Misen. I think I will just let the photos speak for themselves at this point.
Just amazing.
Also, many of the little statues were dressed up like this. We didn't do that.
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