2008年11月27日木曜日

Food in New Zealand

New Zealand is a country whose diary farming is thriving, so dairy products are very tasty. For example, butter is much richer than Japanese, cheese has a lot of varieties and it is creamy and ice cream is made from fresh milk. Especially ice cream of New Zealand is famous for Hokey Pokey and butter is famous for Anchor (company).

New Zealand has more any other tasty food, sea food, fruits and meat. Firstly, I introduce sea food. Sea food is tasty as well as dairy products because this country is surrounded by sea. Major food is bream and crayfish. These foods are very expensive in Japan but they are cheaper in New Zealand. Second is about fruits. Kiwifruit is famous as you know. Nectarines, tamarillos and passion fruit are also famous. They are often used for making other products. Third is about meat. There is so many sheep in New Zealand, so you can eat lamb. It is very delicious. By the way, do you know how many sheep and people are in New Zealand? Number of sheep is about 48million and number of people is about 4million. The number of sheep is much bigger than the number of people. It’s amazing!

In New Zealand, there are the native Polynesian people of Aotearoa (New Zealand). They have a traditional cooking way, called ‘Hangi’. Here is the detail of the way of making. And here are some pictures.

New Zealand has so many tasty foods, so you should try to eat them if you go there!

2008年11月13日木曜日

Catalonia


I’ m going to talk about Catalonia. Catalonia is a state of Spain and this is the map.Common language in Catalonia is Catalan and Spanish. Climate is comfortable. Summer is dry and winter is mild. This is because stream and westerly are concerned about climate and Catalonia has a lot of mountains and hills. Capital city is Barcelona. the flag of Catalonia is stripe with red and yellow.
Now, I’ll talk about World Heritage Site in Catalonia. There are two World Heritage Sites. These pictures are The Palau de la Musica Catalana. This is concert hall. And these pictures are hospital called the Hospital de Sant Pau. They were registered on UNESCO’s World Heritage list in 1997.
If you go to Spain, I recommend you to visit Catalonia and to enjoy seeing Human Tower and historical buildings.