Kyoto and Hiroshima Trip DAY 1

So right after our graduation, there was a final trip at the end of the Study Abroad. Thanks to Kate, she set all this up and were even able to save money. So we got money back from the program! Well we left on the 15th of Saturday morning. This trip was bound for Kyoto and Hiroshima, a 4 nights 5 days trip. Between, we got the chance to visit other near by places like Osaka and Nara. Overall it was a wonderful experience although none of the BGU students were there.

DAY 1: 12/15/12

Kyoto -
Going to Kyoto is suppose to take 8 hours by bus. My group took the shinkasen instead which was about 2 hours. For those who don't know, the shinkasen is a bullet train. It's as fast as an airplane. I think an airplane is faster though. We rode on the Nozomi Shinkasen. Below is a clip of it. Phong got in trouble for crossing the yellow line. LOL.

 

Our hotel (above) was called Kyoto Tower Hotel. I think its the tallest building structure in Kyoto. They weren't really allowed to build extremely tall buildings.      

   

When we got to out hotel, we had a whole free day to do whatever we wanted to. So, Kia, Pisenny, Song, Yao, Maya and I went to NARA! It was about an hour away from Kyoto by train. Nara has a lot of temples as well as deers. Wile ones too! It was such an interesting experience because I was so afraid it might attack. As you watch the video below, you can tell those deers are friendly and it must be a normal thing for them because they are literally, standing in the middle of the sidewalk. They're waiting for someone to feed them. Explains right?

On the train ride to Nara, Maya fell asleep on me. >.<

Kia, Pisenny, Song in the Yellow way over there, Maya

They had  a community gathering for an even I don't even know. But we for to try this delicious soup.

Me and Yao

NHK was shooting this event too. Heehe, I suggested that we should throw our trash away and walk behind the girl who was being filmed. We did and so we're on TV!

Haha, I zoomed in to show you guys proof!

So for the rest of Nara, we just visited more temples and fed deers. They were so cute!