Osaka Day

Saneel, Alvin and I wandered around today and made our way to The Floating Garden Observatory. It was cool, but we were all a bit disappointed that there wasnt actually a garden...Its this huge building and when we got to the top we could see the entire Osaka area, and luckily today was clear so we really could see everything, but there was no garden. Apparently it was a `skygarden`, a garden of sky??? as in a place with no walls? We took it for what it was though and it was pretty cool despite the missing garden. We could walk around the top part free of glass/plastic barriers which would have NEVER happened in the states, but it was QUITE a windy adventure. It was kind of like the space needle of Osaka except for way taller. After that we went to Americakura, an area that they designed to be like America. Needless to say I did not feel right at home, but maybe if I was from NY I would have...my favorite part was that they tagged all the walls and had graffitti art all over the place to contribute to the `American` theme. Dan would have been proud :o) Now I`m back at the Raizan South waiting to go castle-gazing in a few and hopefully going to meet up with a couple who just got back from India. I met the husband this morning and he was super friendly and willing/wanting to talk with me about it. I figure the more advice, especially about India, the better. THEN I am also super-excitedly awaiting the arrivals of Scott and Lex.　I have NO clue when Scott`s getting in, but Lex should be here at 10ish, yayyy! So, that`s me. I hope you`re doing well!