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Travel diary！！　England, France

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England, France
When？
 September 1999
For how long?
 About one month
Where?
 University of Cambridge
Where I stayed
 Dormitory of garton college
Japanese souvenior
 T-short and Japanese towel
Pocket money
 1176 pounds
Pictures I took
 144 pics

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The second to stay abroad

It was short term studying abroad and the second that time for me to join the program, so the preparations were comfortable.

I was fearful in a plane of going

I have heard that as for the plane, probability is low compared with an accident of a car. But I was fearful in a plane of going because trouble was found and when we fly in Russia sky, we returned to Japan. I didn't know if we would arrive without trouble.
At last we arrived by a delay without accident for six hours. But the night view of London looked at from a plane was very beautiful! And then, a moment of landing, applause went up naturally. It was 12:00 in the night that I arrived. Then we went in the bus to Cambridge and It was 3:00 in the night that I arrived at Cambridge!! I was very tired...
eurostar
eurostar
cambridge
cambridge
cambridge

I ate Fish and chips of England noted product.


I studied life in this place during morning and go to play in a town in afternoon. I went to play to London on the weekend. I have been puzzled at first in a restaurant because It was different from Japan in payment of money at British restaurant. If a meal was over in Japan, nothing says and does it to a cash register and pays money. But I say check please in England and get a receipt and put money on a table and leave a restaurant. It is a difference of culture

I watched a game of football in Wembley Stadium!! Besides, it was an international match.
I watched a match of England V.S Luxembourg. Of course, England won the game. I saw very famous player David Beckham! I heard that an English supporter is dangerous but when I went to the game, it's not dangerous. I was moved by hot air of an supporter terribly. I was surprised that there was by the dozens mounting a horse policeman too but Feces of a horse fell by the dozens. I seem to have come to step...
 wenbly

Frenchmen are French
I get on Eurostar from London to go to France and can go between three hours. I felt it very soon. I used English and was able to walk in Paris but If I asked Frenchmen a distance in English, he taught a distance in French. It was what elaborate...
 street in paris

I made some foreign friends


I made a friend of a foreign country with studying abroad of this time. The person who got to know there came to Japan two months ago. they stayed overnight in my room but I feel that I stay overnight in my room with three persons very narrowly.
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