Moving On

We had a lovely morning yesterday, pottering around in the outlet centre and shopping mall across the road from our guest room. The sun was shining, the temperature was mid-20s. It was great weather for wandering around. We had lunch in a coffee shop and went for a potter in the little park beside the shops.

Then we packed, tidied up and got ready to leave. Lindsey bravely used the Japanese equivalent to Uber for the first time to summon a taxi to take us to our new hotel. It had the significant advantage that we could type the address in and summon the taxi without having to speak to anyone.

We said a friendly goodbye to our little room. It was so close to perfect in so many ways but the small imperfections rendered it impossible for us. My back and hip are still very grumpy. Even Lindsey struggled to get up from her futon mattress and the chair. I didn't even attempt the chair, although by the time we left I had found a way of getting up from the bed which more or less worked.

And this is where we are now - the hotel Kurashiki Kokusai in the historic Bikan area. 

We have beds, one each:

And chairs with legs, one each:

And a supplementary desk chair, which I am sitting on right now.

The hotel has interesting things dotted around it:

It also has a little cafe and a restaurant, and other things that we haven't explored yet.

We did explore our immediate neighbourhood, briefly:

We're going to explore more today, check out the shops, explore the laneways, maybe have a boat ride on the canal.

It is, of course, raining this morning ☔