March 29, 2010: Tokyo To Kyoto

Alicia dorsum inwards Tokyo, amongst merely a long bench overlooking the kitchen area.

The carte du jour did non offering plenty English linguistic communication for us to navigate amongst remain but fortunately the immature human being working that nighttime had an impeccable grasp of our native language. (He explained subsequently that he spent unopen to fourth dimension working inwards the UK. However, he also revealed that this was his final nighttime inwards that undertaking in addition to hence I'm unsure how us English-only types volition fare inwards the future. The older woman someone develop didn't utter English linguistic communication at all.)

The best approach was to instruct for a dinner laid (1200円 $13.90), though at that topographic point was however unopen to choosing to do. First there's the fried characteristic - Michael went for the tempeh in addition to veg cutlet spell I happily took their recommendation of the fried soy chicken. Then at that topographic point was the array of mutual coldness sides displayed on the bench, of which nosotros could each select three. We were able to sample all v of them betwixt us - the uncomplicated greenish salad amongst avocado chunks in all likelihood rated every bit my favourite.

It was an utterly comforting repast taken inwards what felt similar someone's living room. As nosotros confusedly consulted our map on a snowy street corner a few minutes in addition to blocks afterwards, a local boyfriend stopped his truck, led us out to the middle of the intersection, in addition to wordlessly but effectively pointed us inwards the correct direction. Though the weather condition was unhelpful in addition to nosotros were linguistically incapable, Kyoto did its best to laid us right.