2009年7月16日木曜日

History of Pisa




 Pisa is famous for the leaning tower of Pisa, a cathedral and a baptistery. Pisa often of Pisa, a cathedral and a baptistery. Pisa flourished as one of the city of the Mediterranean Sea. Pisa often won in the naval battle. So these structures were built to celebrate a victory. Pisa was placed on the World Heritage List in 1987.

As you know, the leaning tower of Pisa is most famous in Italy. This structure is 8-story building and there are 296 steps and height is 55 and there are 296 steps and height is 55 meters. By the way this is leaning 5 degrees. People started construction work in 1173. However, it was interrupted many times so this construction had been completed in 1372. 800 years have passed since this construction start to lean. The leaning of tower of Pisa is famous too as Galileo did an experiment of gravity.

A cathedral is called "Duomo" and famous as well as the leaning tower of Pisa.
People began to build this structure in honor of victory in 1063. This column's materials are war trophies.



This is a baptistery and this was built in 1152. It takes more than 200 years to complete.
If you want to know more about Pisa, you should check Wikipedia and website.



2009年7月1日水曜日

Disneyland in California

Restaurant/Goods and Souvenir/Ending



At first, I'll introduce restaurants. Most restaurants are located in hotels. We can shake hands or take a photo with your favorite character. So we can enjoy having a meal with Disney characters. There are not only restaurants but a lot of food shops like store of parfait inside this park.

Next I'll introduce some Disney goods. There are in Downtown Disney of Disneyland. This park is the biggest Disney store in the world so it is great to buy goods and souvenirs. There are many goods like T-shirts, clocks, action figures and sweets for souvenirs. This is great place to buy for souvenir.

We think Disneyland in California is the best theme park. Everything is on a big scale. Of course there are a lot of things which are not in Disneyland of Japans because America is the home. If you have a chance to travel, why don't you visit Disneyland in California and have fun!

If you want more information, you can check Disneyland site.