... in the rain

Of course, it has to rain on my day off. But that couldn't stop me from going out! I went with my Kyodai friends, first to the Kyoto Zoo. It was very small, like most things in Japan, but the good thing was that I could see all the animals clearly - and the most interesting thing that we witnessed was the feeding of penguins. On land the don't look very graceful, but in the water they are amazingly agile and it was quite fun to watch them dive for fish.
After visiting the zoo, we went to the Kyoto City Museum, because I got some free tickets from my boss for the antique kimonos exhibition. I regret to inform you that I was not allowed to make photos, but take me word, that those kimonos were awsome. I can't even begin to imagine how much work it took to make even one of them...
Since the museum is located on the Sanjo street, we went window-shopping. Usualy I hate window shopping, or even real shopping, but there it's an entirely different case. Shops in Japan are really cute, there is a ton of things that you can't get anywhere else and it's just nice to walk around and occasionally drag your jaw behind you. In the end I decided to buy a book in Japanese (Yoru no Pikunikku by Onda Riku) - I just asked my friends what should I start with. I didn't want to start out with something complicated by the well-known Japanese authors. Well, we'll see.
And the last highlight of the day - my first purikura! Purikura is a type of photo; basically you make photos of yourself and your friends in a booth and then you can edit them in various ways. When I'll figure out how to put them in my computer I'll upload them here.