We bade farewell to host families early on a cold morning ( we have been so lucky with the weather!)

We boarded the metro and then the bullet train to continue our adventure…

And arrived in Kyoto for lunch, crafts and a visit to the Heien Shrine and gardens…

Then we checked into our Kyoto hotel, went to dinner and had our planning meeting for the next day. They told us our meeting room was called the Chapel but we had no idea we would be meeting in the hotel’s wedding chapel, complete with piped in music. There was a lot of giggling while Reverend Roquet described our next day’s itinerary.

Tomorrow: Hiroshima!