Hotel Grand Vista Kobe
2-13-7 Kanocho Chuo Kobe, Hyogo, Kinki, 650-0001 , Japan
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Kobe, Japan
... could do it. One of the groups were celebrating a birthday and they gave us little teddy bear cookies as presents. Afterwards we just headed back to the ship because we had an early morning the next day.
The next day I went to Kyoto for my art FDP and visited 4 sections of the Kyoto gardens. The first place we visited was the "Ryoan ji temple," the temple of mandarin ducks. The main part of this place was the rock garden. It ...
The adventure continues
... rocketman" store because of the robot-looking cutout in front of it. The store has everything from furniture to kokeshi dolls to expensive Japanese vases. There's even a life-sized statue of Marilyn Monroe in the famous white dress from The Seven Year Itch. After looking around there, we went to another resale store that buys used clothes, shoes, electronics, and furniture. It's similar to Plato's Closet. The only down side...the Japanese are a ...
On par
... chef complete with spotless white jacket and hat. he rounded the bar, lifted an eyebrow and started up the grill. meanwhile, someone put soup in front of me. seriously?? soup???? i gave it a few spoonfuls of attention (to be polite) before pushing it away. the chef twitched and started oiling the grill. next a salad. having not eaten one in several months i obliged and tucked in. it had a nice vinaigrette but the kicker was the prosciutto on top...divine. all ...
No Blending In
... enough to pay $10 each to go inside. The grounds were also beautifully done and it was fun watching all of the school groups on their field trips to the castle. We even had one class of girls come and ask us in English (with a bit of coaching from their teacher) if they could have their photo taken with us. Of course we said yes and we felt like mini-celebrities! All of the school kids were saying hello to us in English as I think they were wanting ...


