Today was another travel day, but the travel from Kyoto Station to Umeda Station in Osaka is only 29 minutes and ¥540 on the Special Rapid Train.

My mom and I had an expensive breakfast in the expensive hotel in Kyoto. The view was impressive.

The normal restaurant in the lobby was full, so we went to the “special” restaurant upstairs. The juice was a mix of some sort of fruit and bell peppers and other things I don’t remember. The slice of cheese on the salad was one of tastiest bits of sharp cheese that I’ve had. The yogurt was tasty as well.

They asked what kinds of bread I’d like and I said I’d try one of each.

And here’s the rest. Some scrambled eggs plus some vegetables and sausage.

We met my sister and Lim in the lobby downstairs and took the train to Umeda. After we dropped off our bags, I took them on a circuitous tour of the underground of Osaka. We ended up at Yodobashi Camera where we did some shopping and had lunch at an omurice place. My mom had gratin.

I had the “small” omurice with cheese and hayashi rice sauce. The small has three eggs.

We were still full at dinnertime and so we went to the bakery I suggested in the basement of the Ritz-Carlton. We bought way too much.

And that’s it for today. I packed up most of my clothes in the ¥990 duffel bag I bought in Tokyo and my suitcase has lots of space for my mom’s weird stuff. We’ll see what that ends up being.

I think I also found out a problem with my communication with my sister. She may be hard of hearing. I remember hearing about people’s parents getting into arguments because of this. Examine this exchange from earlier today:

Me: have you ever heard of Milagro’s baby carriers?

Sister: Why would I give a shit about that? What for?

Me: Friend’s baby shower.

Sister: Fran’s baby shower?

Me: (exaggerating the pronunciation) FRIEND’S… BABY… SHOWER…

Sister: Fran’s what?

Me: (shouting) FRIEND’S BABY SHOWER!

Sister: Why are you mad? I’m hard of hearing.

I’m not sure how this works out, but usually it requires someone getting their hearing tested and I’m not sure what my sister’s health insurance thinks about hearing tests or $6000 hearing aids like the ones my co-workers are getting.