It’s funny; we spent almost as much time in Kyoto as we had in Tokyo, but we all agreed that coming back to Tokyo felt like coming home again. It’s a nice neighborhood and a comfortable place!
We literally just walked in the door like twenty minutes ago, so this still isn’t the full Kyoto story, but now that I can actually type I felt like I could at least give you a short rundown of how we’ve been.
But I guess before I get to that, it’s worth noting that I lost my job a week ago, the night before we left. It wasn’t unexpected; the company is in a tailspin and at this point, I kind of doubt it’ll be around a year from today. It’s a little annoying, but I’m not too disheartened about it.
Honestly, in a lot of ways it’s nice. Already, juggling work and vacation was kind of annoying, and this last week in Kyoto, not even thinking about work, was great. I was going to have to buckle down soon – I’d worked ahead enough to take these last two weeks easy, but the next couple weeks were gonna be a lot of work as I caught back up.
Instead, though, Cassie and I are wide open! We’re looking at all sorts of things – flying anywhere in the country! I’m very excited.
Back to Kyoto, though; Toyko may be comfortable, but Kyoto was gorgeous. Makes me want to explore the more mountainous regions of Japan; Toyko’s definitely not flat, but Kyoto has a lot more scenic vistas. We went as far south as Nara and as far north as Hikone; it was honestly probably a little too much (my feet are covered in blisters to the point that I ordered new shoes from Amazon Japan!), but it was really great.
One last batch of teaser photos, and then I’ll upload a bunch over the weekend with captions and details!
