Ireland : Mount Stewart

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At the end of July and beginning of August, I went back to Belfast for ICPEAC 2011. It was nice to have a conference in what I can now call my home University even if I only did my PhD there. During the conference, several tours were organized during the week-end so I could actually have a look at all the touristic attractions that I never took the time to see when I was living in Northern Ireland. The first part of the tour on Saturday was the visit of one of the national trust attractions, the house and garden of Mount Steward. We were lucky not to have so much rain to walk through the garden.
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Japan : 東京国立博物館

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Yesterday the 東京国立博物館 organised a cultural exchange day for foreign students the Tokyo national museum was free for foreign students (and accompanying Japanese friends and foreign researcher, three people got lucky here or sneaky whatever you wanna call it.) So I went there with my friends. The exposition at the museum was about Japanese culture and was explained either in English and simple Japanese or in simple Japanese only. The Japanese part was still difficult for me to understand but hopefully I had nice guys to explain it to me. I think I would need a lot more time to be able to assimilate all the discovery of the day.
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Japan : 船の科学館

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お台場's museum of maritime science, 船の科学館 is closing its doors for good so it is now accessible for a reduced price. I went to spend the afternoon there with some friends before visiting お台場's 温泉. I really like this museum and I think it's a great attraction. It also looks very nice from the outside as it has the shape of a boat. The 温泉 was really relaxing after walking all day. It was a very agreeable experience.
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Japan : 井の頭公園

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One nice week-end day in July when I was tired of staying indoor, I decided to go have a walk in the 井の頭公園. 井の頭公園 is a park in Mitaka near the Ghibli museum, I had been to the Ghibli museum with friends the week-end before and I wanted to have a closer look at the park. I had a nice walk and met with a strange bug's shell.
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