Later in the afternoon, Hideo took us to Osaka where we met the rest of the teachers from the Himeji group. The traffic was so busy and it took us four hours to get there when it really should have taken thirty minutes! It was the end of the holiday period and everyone was travelling back to their homes which was why it was so busy.
We met up with Chris, Jodie, Jono and Bill and caught a train to South Osaka to find a bite to eat. We took them to the very first restaurant we went to when we first arrived in Japan. We showed them the shrine in Osaka with the moss-covered statue. It was getting late and we were all a bit weary, so we caught a train back to the hotel. However, much to our dismay, on the final stop, we found out that we had caught the wrong train and had travelled several kilometres in the wrong direction! To make matters worse, that train was the last train for the night, so we found two taxis and about thirty to forty minutes later, we found ourselves back at the hotel (thank goodness!). Mind you, the taxi cost sixty dollars which was a high price for an honest mistake! I’m sure that will not be the last time I catch the wrong train known my hopeless sense of direction!!!
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