Sophia, towering into the sky
This is the statue of Sophia in Sofia, the capital city of Bulgaria. According to my guide book, there used to be a statue of Lenin here, but removed in 1989. Now Sophia is…
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The road work is still on in Sofia
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…
At Le Cornelle zoo
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…
How would you spell whisky?
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…
Inter vs Celtic
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…
Showing economic difficulty
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…
Visiting Howth to eat seafood
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…
Seafood Chowder
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…
Guinness is Irish symbol
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…
