So after lunch we went to the grocery store and bought some drinks and food and sat next to the river bank just chilling and talking. It was so relaxing and the area was so stunningly beautiful it was just amazing. The water was cool and clear, and everyone was at ease. However my allergies started to act up... to the point where one of my eyes got semi swollen. (But I took some medicine and later that evening after applying a coolpack it felt better)
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| The river |
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| Gujo <3 |
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| All of the Ryuugakusei who came on the trip except for me |
Afterwards we decided to go to a Sento. Sento is different from Onsen, but it is still a public bath. When you get there you are separated into men and women's side you have a little locker to place your things in, then you take a shower, washing yourself really well before sitting in the bath to relax.
Talk about an experience. Before the trip I was super worried about it. But when we went it wasn't that scary at all. I have to say it was very relaxing and there were two baths, a regular one and an electrified one. With the electrified one you were supposed to go near the walls and you could feel the charge to help your muscles relax. The baths were really warm <3 The only obnoxious thing were the boys. They were annoyingly loud. So the sound carried over to the girl's side.
After Sento we went up to the Gujo Castle. It was so impressive we couldn't go in cause it was closed so instead it was just chilling outside and stuff. We talked more and bonded with eachother. To be honest I was somewhat afraid of what would come the next day when we were supposed to climb a really big mountain.
Those of you who know me know that my legs have been kinda weird since the shin splints. In fact climbing up to the castle had been challenging. A lot of it is my fault, I haven't been pushing my limits. But this is the time to do it right? Axel reassured me that it would be ok and I could go at my own pace. No one would rush me and to rush through the mountain anyways was not good. So with that on my mind I began to relax. We later went down from the castle and found a convenience store. Took us a while but we succeeded. It was fun though, Nicole and I would sing broadway songs from Avenue Q and we would all chit chat. Only annoying thing was my eye at this point but even that wasn't too bad, just irritating.
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| The Castle |
We met up with everyone at the river bank and we all ate roasted corn and some of the students began to play with fireworks. It seemed like so much fun. But I hung back, I talked with people and looked at the stars. I was able to find the Big Dipper. It made me so excited, just to see something here that you would normally see at home. Hard to believe we are all under the same sky no matter where we are you know?
We went back to the Hostel and just chilled until we all went to bed. We got up the next morning and packed up and then we began to get ready for leaving. We left the bags into a closet on the first foor of the Hostel (btw did I mention the Hostel belonged to a Buddhist sect?)
(Anyways I g2g I will continue later. <3 Pictures to come next posts- Gujo Part 3 and Exams as well as Kyoto Part one)
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