Will be doing an independently 4 day Panda pre-cruise staying at Kyoto, Japan. Someone doing the same that might be interested in sharing a "private taxi service" for sightseeing Kyoto, Nara & surroundings.

I'm doing the RSSC pre-cruise which is in Kyoto for 2 nights. My days are planned out by RSSC but evenings are free. I wouldn't mind having dinner together one of those evenings.

Lauri; I know you are doing the Panda pre-cruise with Regent. Your idea of having dinner together one of those evenings is great. We have a lot of sightseeing planned & might think that the 25th.evening will work for us. Pl. let me know.

The 25th sounds great. I'll be at the Westin Miyako. I also plan to bring my laptop with me so I may be reachable by email. We'll figure out some way to get together.

Great... I wont have a laptop with me but when taking a "local organized tour" I could use the pick-up service at the Westin Miyako as they do not pick up at my hotel. So I could leave you a message at the hotel's front desk.

Sounds perfect!

We're doing an independent pre-cruise and will be in Kyoto from the 24th to the 26th, at the Hotel Granvia atop the JR train station in Kyoto - real names (registered under) are John Michael and Particia Murray. We would be available for dinner on Sep 25th as well, and would welcome company or join others upon invitation.

Lauri!! Please last name needed so I can leave you a message at the Kyoto hotel.

Lauri... OOPPS... last name "Campagna" as stated on your profile?

count Florida - the rooms in the Granvia Kyoto are not bad. The time we stayed there, our room smelt like cigarette smoke but otherwise is furnished nicely. Location can't be beat. You can see picture of the interior of the Kyoto train station on my website in our Japan pics.

Doris - I'm going to take the liberty of responding on behalf of Lauri and say, yes, that's her last name. ;)

Masaki

Thanks Masaki!

Count,
I would love to include you both for dinner on the 25th.

Lauri;
We"ll be leaving tomorrow Wednesday the 19th. for our Panda pre-cruise. Do you want to set a time & meeting place for our dinner get together in Kyoto on the 25th?.
I won't be able to see emails or internet.
Please let me know...
In case you need it we are staying at the Hyatt Regency Kyoto Tel.# 81 75 541 1234 under my husband's name Felipe Garcia.

Doris,

I really know nothing about Kyoto restaurants. As for a time, does 7 pm sound OK? Where to meet? I'm not sure where the Hyatt is in relation to the Westin. I'll see what I can find out and perhaps find a convenient spot to meet. I suppose we could simply meet at one hotel or the other.

Lauri,

Thanks for your quick response. Around 7:00PM sounds OK for us. Just a suggestion... Does Count & his wife will be joining us? He is staying at the GranVia Hotel located on the Kyoto train station. Perhaps that will be like a medium point between my hotel & yours. From what I read the Kyoto station itself is a sight to behold & the 11th floor is a restaurant floor where there is a sky garden that you can look out at the city at night. Sounds interesting... What do you think. Please let me know.

That sounds great to me, I know the Westin has a shuttle to Kyoto station. I haven't heard any more from Count, so I'm not sure if he will join us or not. I'm sure we can find something interesting either at Kyoto station or nearby. Let me check and see what time the Westin Shuttle runs and then we can plan an exact time to meet.

Editing to add that the hotel shuttle only runs until 6pm. It seems getting back to the hotel on the subway or by taxi is easy enough. Now I'll go look for a good place to meet...

The maps of Kyoto station I've found are pretty confusing. Let's meet in the lobby of the the Hotel Grandvia at 7 pm. That way if I hear from Count, I can clue him in as well. My photo on LCT is pretty accurate, I'll try to wear a red shirt.

Lauri;
Perfect... 7:00PM in the lobby of the GranVia Hotel on the 25th. See you soon... have to finish packing.

Good luck with the packing! Mine is a work in progress. Bon Voyage!!!

OK! Thank you Masaki, and thank you Lauri.

We will meet y'all at 7:00PM in the lobby of the Granvia Hotel on the 25th of September!

We are leaving tomorrow for an early flight to Tokyo on Thursday (arrive Friday, Sep 21 PM - then 2 days at the Hilton Shinjuku, 1 night at the Fujiya Hotel, Hokido, and then 2 Nights at the Granvia Hotel before boarding the Mariner in Osaka on Sep 26. LOOK FORWARD TO IT!

Pat and Mike (the count Florida part is because we can't!)

We're here - Grandvia room 1007, underlooking the Kyoto Tower. Pat and I will see y'all tomorrow. By the way, the Grandvia Hotel lobby is on the 2 level - we went up to come down from the Kyoto Station concourse.