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Sofia

The road work is still on in Sofia

[August, 2011] We joined a tour which visits ancient Macedonia. The first place was Sofia in Bulgaria. The same metro construction work which I saw three years before when I visited there first time was…

Lombardy

At Le Cornelle zoo

[August, 2011] I went to a zoo called Le Cornelle near Bergamo in Italy. This zoo is famous with white tiger. What these children were watching was not white, but a brown tiger, which was…

Ireland

How would you spell whisky?

[July, 2011] Because we cannot take liquid on board, I had to buy Irish whisky at the airport.These are them.I noticed that in Ireland they use the spelling of 'whiskey' with e in it.I had…

Ireland

Inter vs Celtic

[July, 2011] The blue ones are Inter Milan and the white ones are Celtic. This was the first live football I have ever seen in my life. The ground is huge. This Aviva Stadium in…

Ireland

Showing economic difficulty

[July, 2011] Ireland was called ‘Celtic Tiger’ until  some years ago because of its economic success. But Leman Shock changed the situation and now having a huge debt as a country and they are really…

Ireland

Visiting Howth to eat seafood

[July, 2011] During 5 day tour in Ireland, we could not come across good seafood as we expected. So after coming back to Dublin, we went to a port town called Howth which is about…

Ireland

Seafood Chowder

[July, 2011] This time in Ireland, I had 'seafood chowder' three times.It seemed a common menu there.Even a small canteen in some countryside town had it, but chowder is American, isn't it.Ireland has a huge…

Dublin

Guinness is Irish symbol

[July, 2011] This is inside of Guiness Storehouse, a museum/attraction of Guinness. The main building is a huge pint glass shape and there are a lot of interesting gadgets all over the place. They must…

Ireland

Room with no view

[July, 2011] When I want to show you something about a hotel, it tends to be a bedroom photo, but in this photo, I want you to look at the window.It is just a white…