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One can hardly believe it, but also the longest holiday is over once. Including mine. Now the only question was how do you design the final hours prior to departure as pleasant as possible.

This decision started when I took up the idea and my luggage to the airport itself is not balanced, but was transported via trunk service. It cost one penny though, but it was really charming, not on the day grappling with his luggage.

Nevertheless, the morning of my departure was a little exhausting, because we finally had to evacuate our home. For me it was really amazing to see what had accumulated in such a short time everything. Fortunately, Eris father had agreed to come with his car and the luggage to take. So we took all the stuff from the apartment only to create the car. There, I wondered then little more than I saw how the truck was finally really growing and there was only a little space for the driver. I guessed that this little cute little car was never so fully laden car into his life.

Then there was the day to fill with activities, because the plane was to leave Japan until late at night. Since I from Kansai airport (an artificial island) in Osaka should leave, it was obvious the day in Osaka to spend.

That last day in Japan promised to be a really hot day so I did not want our day program overly lush staked and we limited the daily activities on a visit to the Osaka-jo (castle).

The journey to the castle went smoothly and although the tracks were crisp full time again, we almost always were able to get a seat.

Before the Osaka-jo finally conquered, we decided to ride small boats in a small area to take the castle. In this way I hoped for a different and nice views of the city. How different was the view I finally found out when we let ourselves sail through the area.

Although it was a great boat it came to its length, but it was very close to the waterline, so I looked mostly against the ramparts of the waterway. Also, there was unfortunately no outdoor seating, but you had to sit in and could only look through the intense mirror-like windows. As it turned out that the bank building was not very exciting, I sat back and enjoyed the comfortable cruise only, and then the air conditioning.

Still, I was glad when the ride was over and we slowly returned to the Osaka-jo approached.

This is slow with the most literal sense, as we strolled through the plant to the castle, and to cast off short breaks in the shade and came as the building really only very slowly closer.

But finally we were at the feet of the building and even though it represented a completely new reconstruction of the building, it was impressive and imposing. Above all, it reflected the power that it once again presented in an impressive manner.

Of course we visited the castle from the inside and I was glad they had built a fancy elevator, so I did not have the top 6 floors up to work up.

In addition, the elevator was also a good way to control the crowds who wanted to visit the castle. Thus came only one load after another elevator to the observation deck to enjoy the prospect of what really much easier.

From the 6th Stock is then also had a beautiful and very different views of the city, compared to the view from the WTC a few days ago. Impressive was the quite widely to be designated as green area around the Osaka-jo and the immediate adjacent to the flood of houses.

Go down the stairs had to be used, and here at least I realized what I had been overcome by lift height. I had really saved me a lot of sweat. Even so, I had lost during the current heat pretty much humidity.

The little time that remained to us now, we kept our feet on the castle and watched tourists and there was really much to see. Whether it's a couple that drove their dog in a kind of mini-cot through the area or someone who is here, plentiful so numb fed to them on his head, arms and landed on him just anywhere. Yes, it was not boring.

Finally, it was called but the airport to leave. We tried to ride out there significantly shortened via express train, but we missed them by a few minutes and thus gondelten also quite comfortable on the airport island .

That this trip had its pitfalls, I suspect, because Eri told me that the train would split somewhere on the track, then pursue different directions. It took me a fortune just to Eri leave, but one or the other tourists were on their own, and accordingly, confused. But also helped them continue Eri.

The airport had to be first found the baggage claim for my travel goods. Now is the Kansai airport to Walk pleasantly manageable and well and after we were told at the information booth where it should go, I was soon in possession of my luggage.

Since I had removed much during the day but by the scent of a flower meadow, was an easy decision to take the shower service to the airport to complete (I was still not honestly been known that such a thing existed), and for little money, I could freshen up.

When I wanted to rent the shower, it did not look good at first, because all the showers were occupied. But after the employees had advised me they could assign a short time later, the shower for the disabled persons. This was quite handy, because I really had a lot of space. But it also had a small advantage and disadvantage, and I immediately made.

When it came to dress me again, I use one of the walls of the room to steady myself. I would stay even leave. Not that I would have crashed through the wall, no, no. I hit the alarm button. So shrill of the alarm and I was certainly going relentlessly pretty pale. Unfortunately, did not disable the alarm, so it had to wait and explain sheepishly that it was just an oversight.

From the shower we went to switch my airline. The snake was there, encouraging short-and yet I was quite amazed when it finally took 90 minutes before I could complete the formalities for the flight.

When I was told at the counter that of the two seats in my row, the second would remain free, I saw the flight more than happy to meet.

Unfortunately, this lengthy procedure had led to Eri and me now we did not have much time to say goodbye to each other. But we had to access directly to the gates. There we parted ways, after 7 weeks very nice, for a very long time.

PHOTO PAPER ... 024 Osaka-jo

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Tags: castle , island Honshu , Japan , Osaka , Osaka prefecture , city view