lunch error......

.....well more of a mis-timing actually which resulted in a version of japanese chipsticks, ritz crackers and an icecream.........and an apple and a chocolate sponge thing at 10.30 (breakfast was tofu and rice in the temple with we think seaweed, soup and something else....not sure what)..........well we managed fruit and carbs anyway.....dinner made up for it. Noodles and pork and a beef okinamaya (spelling not sure of but its the name of the bubble and squeak pancake we described the other day!)

Despite the slight food issues still a lovely day, very busy, yawning as I type so here goes with a replay of our day:
6am alarm woken by big bonger (well about three of them actually as all the ones in the temples at Koya San seem to bong at 6am) I know - 6am, thats at least the 3rd early start this holiday.....
6.30am morning service in temple (I think we were late but the guys limited English definately said 6,30 besides 25mins of buddhist chanting was more than enough that early in the morning, we had the experience and enjoyed what we had.....)
7am breakfast - yes well, buddhist monks we would not make but it kept us going until choccy cake and apple
7.30am checkout and walk 1km to Oku-no-in- big spooky cemetery which sounds like a weird thing to go and visit but its beautiful.......words don't describe, maybe video will show.....it was a 4km walk through there with the temple of lanterns Toro-do at the end
10.30 ish choccy cake and apple - martyn flagging - boiled rice and tofu not enough to survive on, how do the monks do it - no wonder they are so peaceful - probably low blood sugar!
11 - 12.32 temples, shrines, pagoda things etc at Garan and a walk to the bus stop to get the 12.32 funicular railway (not for Kays dad) down the very steep 800m slope.
12.32 - 14ish train (sleep, dose, get too warm...panic about which station to get off at....realise we want end of line - stress relief!)
14.30ish - wander along to Osaka-Jo - concrete reconstruction of original castle which has been destroyed so many times I can't remember, don't care its reconstruction, beautiful and being as Himejii (the big one) is guess what - shrouded in scaffolding at mo this one was just as good. Cherry blossom here stunning and sun came out,, sky blue so we had lovely time wandering grounds and taking piccies. Should have used sun tan lotion - bit pink!
16.30 - Martyn decides we can walk to hotel. We didn't get lost honest - just a sort of diversion. It was a nice if tentative walk for 1.5 hours!!!!!! ahem yes well......after much needed shower off to find dinner which was another slightly tentative foray due to turning down wrong street out of hotel - doh! Still, found place that was yummy in Dotombori - lots of flashing lights and tackiness but great fun.
Have to go now - have remembered Martyn bought pot of ice cream in supermarket and it is melting in bag!
Off to Hiroshima tomorrow so posting may be subdued tomorrow night if we manage it......nearly cried reading entry in Lonely PLanet but hey ho...........