I REFUSE

All right, missing one week was bad enough, but now I'm right on the border of missing two. Will I allow it? Of course not. Now strap in, 'cause I'm pulling out all the stops on this one.
So where to begin? On the lack of activity that happened last week? Yeah, I suppose so. So here's the summary of what happened last week. Nothing. All right, now that's done and over with, let's move on into the weekend which, in my mind, is an entirely separate point in time. Why? you might ask as most calendars would prove me wrong and most of my previous posts roll the week and weekend up into one contrite summary. Well, buddy, I got an answer for you. A lot. Happened. That's why. Now shut up and let me tell you what happened. Jeeze.
The best place to start is by telling you my parents came here. That's right. More Poseks in Japan. I don't think the 日本人 (Japanese) were ready, but they came anyways. I met them at the hotel we would be staying at for a long weekend in Kyoto. Not long after my arrival, we set about finding out what we wanted for dinner. We decided on a zushi (note: not sushi) place that was up a narrow street lined with restaurants overlooking the river that runs through the city. It took us a while to find it and when we did the place turned out to be a set dinner that offered a decided amount of courses, each costing 5,000 円 (yen), which roughly comes to fifty dollars, a person. Electing a cheaper route, I took us to an お好み焼き(okonomiyaki (I mentioned this before)) store that both of them found to be delicious. After that it was back to the hotel so they could recover from the jet lag (i.e sleep).
The next day, we went to the 金閣寺 (Silver Pavilion) and a trek down the Philosopher's Road to end it at the Eikando Zenrin-Ji Temple. Somewhere in between, we stopped at a small restaurant to pick up a breakfast we weren't able to eat on the way and continued our way down the Philosopher's Road. The Silver Pavilion was a great little temple to visit. My dad had decided that we needed to get there early so that we wouldn't have to deal with the crowds and what a great decision that turned out to be. The temple is best enjoyed while it is quiet, I think, which is hard to achieve when everyone around you is commenting on what their seeing, doing, etc. It's very serene place, everything from the woods  that surrounds the temple to the rock gardens that cover the grounds echo an idea of harmony in nature. The second temple, Zenrin-Ji, also copies this, preferring to keep as many trees around it as possible. Both, I should mention, are compounds made entirely out of wood. That day was rather brief as after Zenrin-Ji we went back to the hotel, grabbed lunch and napped until much later. Mom wasn't feeling very well so dad and I went out to a 回転数 (conveyer belt sushi) restaurant and headed back to the room for the night.
There are two more days I have yet to cover. No worries though, dear reader. I'll do them tomorrow. I think. Maybe. Until then.