Gimmond Hotel Kyoto

... , but space available friday and saturday. I made a reservation and started walking back to the Cheapest. Then I came upon Hotel Gimmond--a real hotel and not a dormitory. The had a room available for two nights at a reasonable rate, just 5500¥ a night. ...

Caught the Shinkansen from Osaka to Kyoto station. Stupid amounts of people at both stations, but the train ride was insanely short, so that made up for it. It was easily 30 degrees which was a bit of a shock to the system coming from the Australian ...

... The nett result is that Charlotte now has a massive scratch down the bridge of her nose and under her eye, and the Gimmond hotel have one completely shattered powerpoint. It still works, but the plastic surrounnding the powerpoint is in about 50 pieces. ...

... blog at 4pm on the 23rd, and I've had 15 minutes sleep since 7am yesterday. After we check out of the Gimmond Hotel, we are officially homeless, until we arrive back in Australia. We packed all of the bags in the configuration which ...

... today. We took our time getting ready to leave the hotel in the morning, and headed out at about 10am. I think Kyoto is my favorite Japanese city. The pace of the city is slower, the people are friendlier and the city seems ...