Osaka Kyoto Adventures! Day 1 (Jul 31)

Akio invited Angel and myself to his home town- Osaka, about a ten hour drive from here. Nyt before I hardly slept- actually I didnt sleep- not so much coz of excitement or anything so noble...I HAD to finsih my thesis draft and submit to the office so they could run a plagiarim check, without which I could not get my professor's approval singature. EVentually submitted rnd 4:30 am and we were scheduled to leave at 8:30am!

So early morning with harldy any sleep on my part- off we were to meet the Kado family! Beginning of the trip - the genki (energetic, healthy) meters were very high!

But as could be expected, a few hours into the long trip- my late nyt forrays got the better of me;) Rest assured I tried to be fair to Akio who opted to drive the whole way there and back (crazy guy)

Long trip- may stopvers- ah the views were breathtaking! ...and finally that evening we got to Akio's house.

Where Okaasan (mom) treated us to one of Oosaka's specialties and one of my absolute fav Jap foods- OKONOMIYAKE! Ooh man - that stuff REALLY goes down and the way Okaasan made it...out of this world!

Got to meet Akio's family at last. It wasnt difficlut to see why Akio is the way he is- his family is one of the most love filled families I have ever met- crazy at tyms, but absolutey SUPERB! They made us feel ryt at home from the very first moment.