Our legs are aching but it has been well worth it. The whole area is breathtakingly beautiful and with every corner you turn you feel like you need to take a photo.
The Kodaiji Temple was by far our favourite. Not as extravagant as some of the others, but the traditional structures, bridges and gardens gave this place a really magical feel.
It's so peaceful in Kyoto, and we are both feeling so chilled out. The sun is out today and it's quite warm. Even walking around in a short sleeved shirt is quite hot and we didn't think to bring sunglasses or suntan cream! Less than a week ago and we were throwing snow balls at each other in the mountains.
We also visited Ryozen Kanon this morning, where there is the largest stone statue of Buddha, and we met a monk who lived there. He spoke very good English and asked us where we were from. He also asked us if we were married and then when we told him it was our honeymoon, he said something to us in Japanese, which he said translated to "I wish you a lifetime of Happiness". He then started to sing "She loves you, yeah yeah yeah..." by the Beatles. He was a really cool monk and was blown away when I showed him my iPad! We took him through some of our photos of Tokyo which I had backed up at the weekend, and he was quite excited as I flicked through using the touch screen.
We'll come back here in a couple of years time and all the monks will have iPods and Facebook accounts...
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