Osaka

Yesterday we thought we'd like to explore Osaka. So we bought tickets to the end of the line at the train station and waited to see where we ended up. Luckily, it was Osaka. After a brief stop at the Hilton hotel for a potty break (check out photo) and tourist map, we set off for the science museum. It was a nice museum, plenty of interactive exhibits. I think everyone enjoyed it. Had lunch at a Japanese restaurant called the Organic Tomato. It was good and the waitress was extremely nice and helpful. She new a little english and we were able to order meals that were very tasty. Afterwards, we happened onto another shrine, open for the new year holiday. This time we noticed that some of the fortunes tied to trees were in english, so we discovered how to get them and we each got our fortune. The boy's and mine were good, hubby's was so-so and the girl's wasn't good at all. So she spent some money at the cow statue in hopes of changing her luck.(see photo)Today we decided to split them up, so the girl and I went shopping (again) and the boys went to the top of the mountain.(photo) Later, we took Gil for a walk. (photo)