Category: technology
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Kanazawa Phonograph Museum 金沢蓄音器館 – Part 2
Continuing with our visit to Kanazawa Phonograph Museum 金沢蓄音器館, a surprisingly rewarding stop conveniently located across the bridge over Asano River from the old town at Higashiyama (where most people visit in Kanazawa). The Kanazawa Phonograph Museum opened in 2001, showcases the personal collection of Hiroshi Yokaichiya, the owner of a record shop in Kanazawa.…
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Kanazawa Phonograph Museum 金沢蓄音器館 – Part 1
If you are spending more than one day in Kanazawa (金沢), Japan, you should include the Kanazawa Phonograph Museum 金沢蓄音器館 in your travel itinerary. It is conveniently located across the bridge over Asano River (浅野川) from the old town at Higashiyama (東山) where most people visit). The Kanazawa Phonograph Museum opened in 2001, showcases the…
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Zeppelin Museum, Friedrichshafen
While staying at Lindau, we went to see the Zeppelin Museum in Friedrichshafen. The industrial town is situated on the german shore of Lake Constance and west of Lindau. We saw a zepplin on the first day we arrived in Lindau. The museum presents on 4000 m2 of exhibition space its world’s largest collection on…
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DRIVE, Volkswagon Group Forum, Berlin
After the UEFA Champions League Final game on a Saturday in June (click here to see the post), we stayed an extra day in Berlin. As expected on a Sunday, most of the shops were closed. So we were pleased to discover Volkswagon Group’s “flagship” store, not far from Checkpoint Charlie on Friedrichstrasse 84/Unter den Linden.…
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Farewell – Bon Voyage and Solari Boards
This post is dedicated to a friend, JL who departed recently. A while back, we did a post on Louis Vuitton and the use of Solari di Udine board to sell luggage in its NY flagship store. We mused then: I bet these boards must have appeared in dozens of movies to help depict the…