Daibouken

Dude, I have to say that today was one of the awesomest days I've had yet in Japan.

Hit three old temples in the Nara prefecture with Sam and Kalvin, and man, it was a blast. ^_^ We were collecting Shuuin (they're sort of temple signatures), and I've got a whole of four of them.

To amuse ourselves, we talked about the entire trip as an RPG game:
For example:

Skuld joins your party!

and we joked about each shuuin being a symbol of a level up. So I have 4 shuuin and have survive the harrowing 700+ step climb at Murou-ji, which means that I am around level 6 or 7, where as Kalvin and Sam, having a 2 week headstart on otera-hopping, are around level 20.

CURSES!

We laughed about save points on our climb of the long stairs at Murou-ji, and other cheesy things like my level 1 umbrella weapon. ^_^ It was awesome.

In addition to the great Murou-ji which we hit, we also went to Oono-ji (very close to Murou-ji, and not on our original agenda, so it was a side-quest) and Kume-tera. They're hoping to come around here tomorrow for more otera-hopping in Osaka prefecture, and that sounds like a good idea! I hope to amass a very impressive shuuin collection by the time I get home, even though I'll have to sacrifice t3h monies and t3h doujin/manga for it. ^^;; Oh well, can't be helped. I am devoted to my leveling.

no picture because I didn't feel like carrying my camera around, but hopefully Sam and/or Kalvin will post their pictures so I can show you all the totally awesome trip I had today. ^_^

Oh yes, and in order to prove yourselves all worthy of my infinite forgiveness/grace/blessings (which you may only receive if you are indeed worthy), take a test here as a symbol of your undying faithfulness. ^_^

Toodles my friends, until tomorrow, when hopefully I will have more tales of otera adventures.