Golden Week Trip Day 1: Nara

The night bus. It was hard to sleep but somehow I felt energetic enough when we got there. 10:40pm-7:00am (but it turned out to be 10:00am).

Bunny waiting with Anna.

We ended up getting to Osaka 3 hours later than excepted. D: But it was okay because we were able to check into our hostel right away. We then set out for Nara - the land of deer, giant Daibutsu, and crazy mascot combining the two Sento-kun!

After wandering somewhat aimlessly and lost, we stumbled upon a garden that Elizabeth had looked up. What luck!

Yoshikien entrance

After lots of snacking and walking around, Anna and Elizabeth played with the deer. I stayed away due to past allergy experience.

Cheese!

Shika sembei were a hit.

They turned out to be pervs because one of them kicked Anna on the thigh. Elizabeth has an epic video of them - stay tuned to see it later.

 

A snack for us! Okonomiyaki. It looks gross here but it was huge and yummy!

5 story pagoda!

On our way back to the hostel, we jumped on the first train we saw on the platform assuming it was on the right train line. We were wrong. The result: stranded at a ghetto station in the middle of nowhere. Little lighting, no one regulating tickets, not a soul in sight. After some candy condolences and a long time waiting, a train finally came to rescue us from our miseries. One certain doors on the train opened to let us on and off. Never again.

 Lost! D:

Today we're going to Kyoto! Shrines and tourist galore!