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Intramuros, a
streets of Seoul (and most Korean walled city in colonial times, is the
cities) are lined with tented vendor heart of Old Manila. Its home to the
temples. Shinkansen bullet trains baroque 17th-century San Agustin
carts selling a variety of dishes
connect the main islands of Kyushu Church as well as Fort Santiago, a
intended to be eaten on the go. These
(with Okinawa's subtropical beaches), storied citadel and military prison.
vendors, or pojangmancha, dole out a
Honshu (home to Tokyo and
variety of famous dishes, from
Hiroshima’s atomic-bomb memorial)
delicious dumplings and noodles to the
and Hokkaido (famous for skiing).
slightly
Tokyo, the capital, is known for
more
skyscrapers, shopping and pop culture.
Lascaux’s
ancient
cave
drawings,
Lyon’s Roman theater and the vast The United
Palace of Kingdom, made up of England,
Versailles Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland,
attest to its is an island nation in northwestern
rich Europe. England – birthplace of
history. Shakespeare and The Beatles – is
ITALY home to the capital, London, a globally
influential centre of finance and culture.
England is also site of Neolithic
Italy, a
European Stonehenge, Bath’s Roman spa and
country centuries-old universities at Oxford and
with a Cambridge.
long
Mediterranean coastline, has left a
powerful mark on Western culture and
cuisine.