Kyoto - Third Day

- Kennin-ji Zen Temple
o More pictures in http://geishagirl.exblog.jp/i25
o The third day of the trip Orlando and I walked around Kyoto and accidentally found this Zen temple. The temple was full of beautiful garden designed with a few tress and sand. In one of the corners I found one of their typical rakes that are used to give shape to the sand. All the people there where just peacefully staring at the gardens and enjoying the breeze. You could also walk around the building to various gardens(they even provided free slippers, remember that you have to take your shoes off everywhere before entering, so bring good socks!!!). Here is a picture of one of their gardens.

- Gion (Geisha district)
o http://kaiwai.city.kyoto.jp/sightdb/sight-raku/view_sight.php?InforKindCode=1&ManageCode=3000112
o We walked around the streets of Gion but did not see any Geishas, maybe because it was 11 am and they where all sleeping. We did find a lot of tea houses with interesting architecture and style.

After all this walking and exploring we finally found the shopping district where we hanged around until it was time to go home.