Your trip sounds great - I've heard so many wonderful things about Kyoto. Nice that you can teach your S to travel well alone - wish my parents had done this for me when I was a sapling. I learned on my own, of course, but it took me a while to get around to it before I learned it was the coolest thing I could possibly do.
Thanks for your input on my thread, as well. I'm mulling it all over, and doing exactly as you suggested - focusing on other things this week while I weather the brain storms.
