Christmas Eve Day 2010

Since it's just too lonely to spend Christmas Eve & Christmas morning home alone, we're off to Hiroshima to spend the next two days at an onsen (spa) hotel. We usually take the train, but we're driving so we can take our bikes. ITT told us there's a great place to ride around the hotel. Here we're driving along the Seto Inland Sea as we head north & east on Hwy 2.


There's the turnoff for Miyajima, but we're staying on Hwy 2 today. It's only about 30 km to Hiroshima, but a little further to the port area.


These roads through a town feel very narrow when passing large vehicles, but our car is very narrow & easy to drive. That's my white fur scarf in the bottom of the picture. It's REALLY warm when the weather is this cold.


We're approaching Hiroshima now & the traffic is getting much heavier. Those are sound baffles to protect citizens from too much highway noise. How considerate.