We got up, got some breakfast, then hit the road again on the bus toward Ryoanji Temple, home of the world famous rock garden. You're supposed to sit, contemplate the rocks, the raked stones, and the scene in general, and meditate. Since we couldn't get Rebecca up the many steps, I just went up to have a look around and didn't have time to sit and meditate. When I got back, I told Rebecca and Linda about it and showed them the picture. Linda asked, in her own inimitable style why we had even come here. Obviously not her thing.
Next, we headed to Kinkaku-ji Temple - the Temple of the Golden Pavilion. You'll never guess how it got its name. Wrong. It's actually covered in real gold. What? That's what you'd actually guessed? OK, sure you did.
After that we were hungry so we wandered in search of food. To my surprise, Linda found and Indian restaurant and wanted to go in! This is somewhat surprising as Linda doesn't like spicy food or curry. She tried a bit of Tandoori Chicken and we promptly put in and order for two more. Later, we just walked around town a bit before returning to the hotel to cool off before dinner.
For our last dinner, we headed out to find a place called Agatha, recommended by Frommers, which sounded great. We got to the street it's supposed to be on and couldn't find it. So we ended up in this other place which was only fair and as usual, didn't order enough food (the plate of food you get in most places are more like a tapas place, you need to order a bunch of dishes to get enough.)
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