Hello everyone,
Thank you for visiting my blog and taking the time to read my articles!
My name is Daniela and I have been living in Japan since the Christmas of 1991.
During my life, I lived and traveled to more than 30 countries, so I have studied and aquired 7 languages and I am planning to learn more.
My life in Japan is the most interesting one I could ever wish for. The moment I got at the Narita airport in 1991, I knew that I had gambled correctly in choosing to spend my whole life here. The people are so polite and non frictional, the society is so organized and everything works so properly and timely.
Surprises have met me all along the course of my stay in Japan. Before coming to Japan many people worry about the food, and I too heard many a moan and groan. It was not something I really thought about, as I knew I loved sushi. But Japanese cuisine is about so much more than raw fish and miso soup. The variety of dishes that you can get in one town, or on one street, is mind boggling and you cannot fail to find something to your taste. It may involve some interesting discoveries on the way, lest I forget my first taste of natto, you really do either love or hate it, for me it is a passionate love! Maybe I am "becoming" a bit "Japanese" at heart!
Having my translation work allowed me to explore this country. Japan, in particular Tokyo, is a wonderful mix of old and new, tradition and technology. Each city I visited had its own individual delights. Kyoto has an amazing mix of busy modern shopping streets and the quieter traditional districts with temples to satisfy even the most passionate enthusiast. Hiroshima provides an emotional and poignant reminder of our histories and Tokyo is simply an amazing mix with something for everyone. Japan has a public transport system that embarrasses its European counterpart. The trains and buses run efficiently, on time and are clean. Research carefully and there is also a lot of saving to be made. Online timetabling in English also makes life getting around Japan easy.
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Friday, March 16, 2001
New Caledonia Jan 2001
New Caledonia
24 to 29th January 2001
is the place it all started ... but I had no clue of it while waiting to board Air France!
The English explorer Captain James Cook sighted Grand Terre in 1774 and named it New Caledonia,
as he liked to think it reminded him of the Scottish highlands, which the Romans had called Caledonia.
By 1853, Napoleon III was looking for a strategic military location and, concerned that the British might get there first, he annexed Grande Terre under the pretext of protecting France's missions. The French moved in and governed by military regime for the rest of the 19th century. The French saw the Pacific as a good place to dump their great unwashed masses, and they deported their first convicts in May 1864. Many were political prisoners from the Paris Commune, but others were the derelicts and petty thieves from the streets of the metropolis, who became known as 'wretches in paradise'. By the time deportation was banned in 1897, 21,000 convicts had been sent. The discovery of nickel and the arrival of free settlers from France exacerbated the race problem, as Europeans encroached on ever more tribal lands. In 1878, a seven-month revolt against French rule resulted in 200 French and 1200 Kanak deaths. The repression that followed further weakened Kanak culture.
Tuesday, January 16, 2001
New Caledonia Jan 2001
New Caledonia
24 to 29th January 2001
is the place it all started ... but I had no clue of it while waiting to board Air France!
The English explorer Captain James Cook sighted Grand Terre in 1774 and named it New Caledonia,
as he liked to think it reminded him of the Scottish highlands, which the Romans had called Caledonia.
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