View from the hotel, Innsbruck [June, 1997 Innsbruck, Austria] I came to Innsbruck, the capital of the Tirol state in the west of Austria. It’s the city of winter sport, where the Olympic winter games were held in 1976 following to Sapporo…

Innsbruck, Austria [June, 1997 Germany => Austria] A man came into the office, when our meeting was going to be over. He was our another customer, drove from Innsbruck, Austria. He said in advance ‘I’ll pick you up at Prien, that is not so…

A view of Prien, Germany from a restaurant on a hill [June, 1997 Prien, Germany] It was about one hour trip by train from Munich to Prien. No announcement was made in it as usual. I asked the conductor came for the ticket inspection to tel…

Munich Central Station, Germany [June, 1997 Munich, Germany] It was around 8:00 p.m. when I arrived at Munich International Airport, Germany. Next morning I would go to Prien that was in south of Germany close to the border between Austria…

New Town Hall of Munich, Germany [June, 1997 Kansai Int'l AP => Frankfurt, Germany] June, 1997, I had to visit 7 European countries in 2 weeks. The first one was Germany. The Lufthansa aircraft was heading Frankfurt after leaving Kansai In…

Souvenir store in Johannesburg, South Africa [October, 1996 South Africa => Hong Kong] The first mission in Africa was over. I took a return journey to Japan via Hong Kong as same as the outward way. It would take 13 hours again to Hong Ko…

Johannesburg, South Africa [October, 1996 South Africa] I was in the customer’s car going for dinner, when we had the sudden shower. Squall! The thunder roared echoing in the sky and big rain drops like hail hit the car hard. They bounded …

A manmade pond filling water to the ruins of gold mines and recreational facilities [October, 1996 South Africa] When we were heading to our customer (end user) it began to rain in spite of sunny. I told the driver “We call such a weather,…

Johannesburg, South Africa [October, 1996 South Africa] October in the southern hemisphere is spring. The climate is like April in Japan. Light purple flowers called Jacaranda are full bloomed here and there to tell people the arrival of s…

A show (?) at a restaurant, South Africa [October, 1996 South Africa] Our customer attended me for dinner and drinking after that every day. They gave a drive to go back to the hotel 11 p.m. ~ 12:00 a.m. On the arrival they definitely said…