Saturday night

Saturday was pretty eventful -- we went to a flea market in the morning. It's only held once a month, so the crowd was pretty impressive. We didn't buy anything there, but later on in the afternoon we went back to the kimono shop Renee visited two weeks ago, and picked out a yukata for me, too. We have plans to go out on Wednesday night, so there should be pictures soon.

Saturday night we went to a bar ("ING Bar") near Shijo Kawaramachi where a gathering of ex-pats was scheduled. We joined a table with a German astrophysicist who happens to be studying at Kyoto University under the same fellowship that I am, and two Australian tourists -- siblings in their mid-20s who are traveling the world for four months. The bar itself wasn't particularly special, but our bartender was hysterical. We had enough fun that we missed the last bus and had to walk home.