We got a new roommate in our room at the hostel last night. She arrived shortly before 9:00pm. We already had our lights out, pooped from a busy couple of days. This morning around 9:30am when we were still lounging in bed our roommate asked if we were tired. We chatted lots about sore feet, aching muscles and exhaustion. She felt the same way -- it was a bonding experience.
After a lazy morning, I took the train out to Uji today. Uji city is much more my speed -- S L O W! The town was pretty sleepy, I think because it was rainy and windy today, or maybe it's always sleepy. I finally got a tea ceremony in Japan. I had to pay Y500 to be served one little rice gel square and a bowl of tea by a nice lady in a kimono a far cry from the personal attention we received in Korea, but very nice none-the-less. The lady who performed the tea ceremony and her friend were talking in Japanese after she served me tea. There was lots of smiling and looking at me. I'm pretty sure they were saying something like, "It doesn't seem like she knows it's over. How can we get her to go away?"
I wandered through another beautiful temple and fell in love with these sculptures of deities on clouds. I have some postcards of them. They are said to meet you on your way to the pure land. Some are dancing or playing musical instruments, others are worshipping Buddha.
I found a local grocery store on the way home and bought fixin's for salad. Ahhh, green food at last. Tonight Mina and I have a date to meet for the Public Bath. Hopefully that will revive us. I don't recall ever being this tired before.
After a lazy morning, I took the train out to Uji today. Uji city is much more my speed -- S L O W! The town was pretty sleepy, I think because it was rainy and windy today, or maybe it's always sleepy. I finally got a tea ceremony in Japan. I had to pay Y500 to be served one little rice gel square and a bowl of tea by a nice lady in a kimono a far cry from the personal attention we received in Korea, but very nice none-the-less. The lady who performed the tea ceremony and her friend were talking in Japanese after she served me tea. There was lots of smiling and looking at me. I'm pretty sure they were saying something like, "It doesn't seem like she knows it's over. How can we get her to go away?"
I wandered through another beautiful temple and fell in love with these sculptures of deities on clouds. I have some postcards of them. They are said to meet you on your way to the pure land. Some are dancing or playing musical instruments, others are worshipping Buddha.
I found a local grocery store on the way home and bought fixin's for salad. Ahhh, green food at last. Tonight Mina and I have a date to meet for the Public Bath. Hopefully that will revive us. I don't recall ever being this tired before.
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