Wednesday We went to Nikishi Shopping area, and to Nijo Castle.

So, at about 9 in the morning we left the Tour Club and headed for the post office. We sent a whole bunch of stuff home in big envelopes. They will be there in about 2-3 weeks. If you get them don`t peek! We sent a lot and it only cost about 40 dollars.
Then we walked to our next hostel: Gojo Guest house, which is on Gojo road in the Gion district. I bought a rice ball on the way there. I LOVE rice balls!!!
Then we dropped our stuff off at the hostel and walked to the Nikishi food market. It was really nice. A lot of sample food. I bought a whole octopus on a stick with quail egg in its head on a stick and I ate it. It was about 1 dollar and actually quite good. We bought all sorts of other stuff and ate them. Ice cream, we have some about everyday. I love ice cream!!
Then we headed for the manga museum. Well, above all odds it was closed on Wednesdays , so we will go tomorrow. We then looked at the map and headed for the Nijo castle. It was about 6 for mom and 3.50 for me. It was BEAUTIFUL!!! You can`t take pictures inside the castle and you can only go in one building part of it, but it was great. The rooms were pretty dark, to preserve the paintings. We walked on a nightingale floor almost the whole time too. It gave me a weird feeling in my tummy being there, because it makes me wish I could have been there when it was actually used. The garden was beautiful and it was all and all really sugoi!! (cool!!)
Oh, ya.  We talked to a lot of school kids too. They kept coming up and asking to practice their English. I expected this to happen at some time during the trip, and it was a lot of fun too. The kids were around 12. We talked, took a picture and then signed there book.. They gave us some orgasmic birds they made. Hopefully it will happen more and I will get more birds because I want to make a big string of them and hang it in my room. I LOVE talking to kids!!!!
We then began walking back. We stopped at a temple to eat some dried fruit we had bought. Fruit here is SO expensive by the way. Imagine paying about 4 dollars for one chunk of grapes.
Then we got back, and i just took a shower, we are washing clothes, and organizing our stuff more.
We are deciding what to throw out. Cheyanne, so you really want your pants? : (
That`s about it!
Tomorrow we will hopefully go to the flee market, manga museum, wander around gion, and look at temples.

Talk to you all later!!