Nami-chan and G-mom drop me off in Gion, one of the 5 geisha districts so i can go on a walking tour. the tour started late and afterwards nicole, a girl from chicago that was on the same tour, and i decided to meet up with her friend to go have dinner. i call g-mom and tell her that if i'm not going to be back at the hotel by 10 i will call her again.
well. i'm enjoying having a full-fledged conversation in english so much with 2 people in my age group that i lose track of time. i don't call her until 11:15 pm. you shoulda heard her on the phone, it was unintelligible. i heard bits of "you tole me" "i worry about you" "nami worried sick" "you get here right now, don't talk to nobody" "did you drink with stranger?!?!"
at first, i felt as guilty as a 15 year old breaking curfew (what i think they would feel like......i was a perfect 15 year old) then i remembered, "aren't i 27 years old, pushin 30? i think i'm quite adult enough." yes i screwed up by not calling her at 10 pm but it was not necessary to worry that i had been kidnapped.
skip to today. grandmother gets tired easy from all the walking that we do which is perfectly understandable. i feel bad dragging her around with me to try to see as much as i can. i told her that when we get to tokyo she is just going to have to let me go by myself and see what i want to see b/c she can't physically and i don't want to be back at the hotel every night at 6 pm. what a waste of a trip that would be. "no you can't. nobody speak english." did not stop me in italy. "it's not safe " japan is pretty much the safest country on earth. i survived 2 pickpocketing attempts in italy. "(sotto voice) they are koreans and chinese now.....they pickpocketing." you don't think that sounds racist grandmother? btw, it is still safer than the worst part of OKC "yah, but you could speak english at home"
lord have mercy.
other than that, we did the heian shrine, kiyomizudo temple, and another one that was a hike up to the top of the mountain. you know you're in for it when there are no stairs anymore and just a rope for a handrail. i can't believe how many tourists i saw at the temples wearing high heels. only here.
leaving kyoto tomorrow, headed back to tokyo to stay in the Ueno area for 4 nights and then it's 4 more nights in suburbia.
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Hahahahaha! I can hear her yelling at you. Just tell yourself that it is worth it to be in Japan! I love that she thinks the Korean and Chinese are the ruination of Japan. Did you buy cute shoes? Look at everything! Take some pictures!!!
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