Day 10!! Kyoto, Ryokan and soooo many temples!!

Hellooo! Here is Mina with the next day! (^…^)


On this day we stood up super early because we travelled to Kyoto to stay both the first time in our live in a real Ryokan! I wanted to do that with Nadja in Kyoto because Kyoto is my favorite city in Japan! (Nadja: Also mineeee!! (>___<)/) 
Also it was her first time to drive with Shinkansen so she was super excited (but me too because I LOVE Shinkansen! XD) First we travelled to Tokyo station. There we bought some snacks (because we didn’t have breakfast at our guestfamily because too early) and than we finally took our Shinkansen. The drive was very smooth. Both of us slept almost all the time I think! XD 

After arriving in Kyoto we bought 1-day-bustickets at the Tourist Information in Kyoto station and went than to the place were our Ryokan should be. We found it very easily! When we arrived we just could let our baggages inside of the Ryokan because it was still too early for check-in. But they gave us cute Uchiwas as present already because it was just too hot! Because we still had so much time until check-in we decided to travel to the nearest temple which was the Ginkaku-ji Temple! The temple was sooooo beautiful! Even if it was for me a little hard to walk around there because there were again a lot of mountains! XD But it was fun and the view from the highest point there was AMAZING!!!! After we left the temple we decided to eat some Kakigori. Nadja took grape taste and me Strawberry! I just LOVE Kakigori! For Nadja it was the first time to eat it but she also thought it’s so refreshing!!

Than it was finally day to go back to our Ryokan (before we also waited a little inside of Starbucks to taste a special drink there with Strawberries.. IT WAS SO NICE!!!). When we wanted to check-in they asked us first to sit down. We got than cold matcha tea, cheesecake (which really tasted like cheese and not like sweet cheesecake XD) and some chocolate while we waited. They introduced us than to our ‘Nakai’ which is our maid inside of the Ryokan. She showed us our room, explained to us the details and asked us about times for breakfast and dinner. THE ROOM WAS JUST AMAZING! SERIOUSLY! We also had our own bathroom (I first thought we just can take a bath in the 
Ryokan-Onsen XD) WOOOOW!!!!

Nadja: It looks so pretty right!! Awww, I loved it there!! <3

But we still had time left for dinner so we decided to head with the bus to Gion. Gion was just around 3 bus stations from our Ryokan away still it was a little hard to get there. On the day was a little parade in Kyoto so the busstation was on a different place – but at least we found it! In Gion we just enjoyed the nature, the good air and some more temples! We wanted than go to back to our Ryokan (Remember? I told you: It’s just 3 bus stations!!!!). The first 2 stations went were smooth… But than suddenly the bus stopped and just drove all 10 minutes? 




There was suddenly SUPER BAD TRAFFIC!!!! Me and Nadja got already nervous because we didn’t want to be late for dinner. A Japanese girl also asked the bus driver already to just open the door because we are faster by foot. But he always didn’t want to let us go… but than suddenly he opened the door! I WAS RUNNING LIKE CRAZY!! Haha. I just run outside of the bus, over the street (without watching) and than to the other side of the street. Than I waited for Nadja – she was a little more slowly than me (lol) – until she also arrived. (nadja: Mina was go e suddenly...I searched for her xDDD) Than we run to the subway, took the subway to the station of our Ryokan (which was really just one station!) and than run threw the gates (even if Nadja again had some problems here but good that hunger also makes her into a crazy chicken XD)

We were running like crazy to the Ryokan (okay, Nadja was more running like me because I can’t really run good ><) and arrived maybe 2-3 minutes too late.. But we still got our dinner! AND IT WAS SO AMAZING!!!!











I don’t even know what we ate but it was sooooooooooooo yummy and looked so nice! After the dinner, the nakai asked us again about breakfast time and she prepared our futons. Really, in Ryokan you don’t need to do anything, everyone is doing it for you!!! XD Me and Nadja took some nice shower and bath and than went to sleep
That was our exciting day in Kyoto! XD Sorry for long post, just too much happened! Haha.





Nadja: Ahhh!! And that were our ''after taking a shower- wearing'' xDD It was soooo comfortable!! <3