Tower of London [April, 1991 UK] Train arrived at our platform. The roof was low. The first underground in the world. It was opened nine years before the first train ran in Japan, still Samurai era (1863). The old railways were not dug out…

Tower Bridge over the Thames [April, 1991 UK] Chikatetsu (Japanese, means underground or subway) is called subway in English, that is taught in school. NO! It’s not English but American language. In London, there are entrances showing “sub…

Piccadilly Circus, London, UK [April, 1991 UK] Self-service at the petrol station has getting popular recently in Japan, although it was done in the western countries since years ago. Is it NOW in Japan? Too late. And more improvement is r…

International driver's licence (left) [April, 1991 UK] I rented a car to drive for visiting our customers in Birmingham, Leeds and Sheffield. It was my first time to drive a car abroad. However, the UK is the left-hand traffic as same as J…

Ceremony of changing the guard at Buckingham Palace [April, 1991 UK] There’s only one line by the waiting people at the counter at like banks, postoffice… even if there are some counters or windows. I knew it because I had read some books …

Big Ben and the House of Parliament [April, 1991 France => UK] The time has finally come to visit my desire, the UK. The first place was Birmingham. All the procedure for boarding was finished at Paris-Charles-De-Gaulle Airport and was wai…

The river Seine and Île de la Cité over the bridge (The spire of Nortre-Dame de Paris burnt down by a fire in 2019, at the back in the centre.) [April, 1991 Paris, France] We had lunch with our customers near The Triumphal Arch next day. D…

Place de la Concorde, Paris [April, 1991 Paris, France] Illegal parking was a problem on Champs Elysses, needless to say, and also other streets. Many cars were crammed on the streets here and there. Most of them were parked obliquely agai…

Champs Elysees and the Triumphal Arch [April, 1991 Paris, France] We took a walk after dinner. Oh Champ-Elysées〜 I had a fashionable image on the avenue, but we two men were walking together. The Triumphal Arch was in the centre of the bi…

The Eiffel Tower [April, 1991 Paris, France] April in 1991, my first Europe! Arrived at Paris-Charles-De-Gaulle Airport and took a taxi to the hotel near The Triumphal Arch. Taxi was running on the highway comfortably. All the ground seen …