I'm getting close to the point where I can remember what we did day by day, which will give you some additional mind-numbing detail of our travels. This trip is somewhere in between. I know on day one we pretty much arrived, took the train to Kyoto, checked in and walked to the nearby Nijo-jo palace of the shoguns. The various temples I've been talking about so far, the Path of Philosophy etc. are all on the second day, which explores Eastern Kyoto. These photos were of our lunch break on day two, which is a fantastic Buddhist vegetarian restaurant called Okutan. It's several hundred years old, and sits in the gardens of one of the many temples. Mom and Dad may be a bit uncomfortable, but you sit outside on the floor with legs crossed under the low table, while the kimono clad waitress brings you noodle soup with cubes of bean curd and a big plate of vegetables, which you add into the soup. It's quite nice, (ok a bit bland) but it's a beautiful setting and as an added bonus no struggling with the menu because you don't get a choice!