On to Kyoto

Well, we're checking out of Tokyo for the time being, although we'll be back, hopefully to see the Tokyo tower up close.  We had a nice three days here - the Imperial Palace is not quite worth the trip by itself because you can only go in two days a year, but we stumbled upon the Museum of Modern Art which we found impressive and surprisingly vacant considering the quality.  We've had some good food and some great food; the more Japanese, the better!  Yesterday after our outing to the Palace and Museum, we split up for a bit so Dara could do a bit more craft shopping and Tim could wander the streets aimlessly and then take a nap.  Last night we hit Roppongi...wwwwhhhh...it's not that we're too old, just too married for that place!  We just missed the subway on our way back, so we had to cab it, which is not cheap at all.  The driver kept checking our map at every stoplight so he could recalibrate the GPS to find the perfect route - at least we know he took a direct route...

Anyhoo, now we're off to Kyoto on a shinkansen - those fast trains, although we are on one of the "slow" fast trains.  Perhaps I'll talk to you from there!

Happy Fourth of July, everyone!  Are you out there?  Please comment and follow!