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South Korea

A Big Room

[April, 2011] This is a part of the room in Lotte Hotel in Seoul. It was a surprisingly big room. Is it because Korea is in a continent and has a plenty of land? Or…

Lombardy

Rigoletto

[March, 2011] In Mantova, there is a house of Rigoletto, a famous opera by Verdi.Rigoletto is not a real person, but the story was created with the image of this house.In the story of the…

Italy

Sweet Salami

[March, 2011] When we went to Mantova in Italy, we looked for a restaurant called Trattoria Due Cavallini which was in a restaurant guidebook. This was one of those old Italian restaurants with a long…

Lombardy

Visiting Mantova

[March, 2011] One weekend when I felt that spring has come, I went to Mantova in Italy.It is a fairly big town with a lot to see such as  a castle and a palace and…

The Netherlands

Dutch people

[March, 2011] Dutch people are famous for their height. I used to have a Dutch pen friend  and he was more than 190 cm and his female cousin was 210cm. They are all big in…

The Netherlands

Shops in Amsterdam

[March, 2011] In European continent, the shops are usually closed on Sundays, but here in Amsterdam they were open. It is a very important element for tourists. On top of that, although the Netherlands is…

The Netherlands

How to take children with you

[March, 2011] In the Netherlands, they carry children with you in this way as you can see in this photo. Clever, aren’t they.

The Netherlands

Millions of bicycles

[March, 2011] When I went to China long time ago, I was overwhelmed by the number of bicycles. But China has achieved economic development and bicycles are being replaced by cars. Now the Netherlands must…

Amsterdam

Living on the canals

[March, 2011] We went through the canals in Amsterdam by a tour boat. The total length of the canals is 150km apparently. We saw the houseboats closely. Some had small gardens and made me wonder…