The last day of my trip, I visited 2 caves in TN. 1) Lost Sea Caverns This cave has the largest underground lake in the U.S. (18000m2). Thus I decided to go! However, it was very dark, it didn't make me feel it so large. But swinging light…

I tried skydiving first time. Is it safe for beginner to fly in the air at first time? Yes, because I flew in the building! Actually, I saw Japanese TV program which introduced this "Indoor Skydiving", and I found it on Great Smoky Mtns. I…

My brother who has lived NC for 3years recommended to visit Biltmore House because it is the largest house in U.S.. It had 16000square meters premise and 250 rooms! The Biltmore House was built by George Vanderbilt, grandson of "Railroad E…

I took a summer vacation (though it is only 4 days)! I chose Great Smoky Mountains as my destination because it contains the highest mountains in east of Mississippi river. When I reached Great Smoky Mountains, it was really smoky. I could…

One of the thing I wanted to do in U.S. was rafting. But when I was looking for a rafting company, I found a stupid festival in PA(http://www.fallsrace.com/). This is called "Over-the-Falls Festival"! There is a big waterfall in west Penns…

When I am shopping at American supermarket, sometimes I see foods whose color is uncommon in Japan. Yes, blue foods. Actually, a few foods in Japan has blue color. For example, some ice bars. Garigari-kun, Kaki-goori. However, I have never…

Pennsylvania has 2 major league baseball teams. One is Pittsburgh Pirates, the other is Philadelphia Phillies. Pirates have a Japanese pitcher, Kuwata. And last month, Phillies also got a Japanese 2nd-baseman, Iguchi. And they had last gam…

I heard Sentai-series was also popular in U.S.. A director loved Japanese Sentai-series so much, then he began remaking of Sentai-series in U.S.. He wanted to use same name with Japanese Sentai-series, however, ジュウレンジャー's name remi…

I have been to some state park to date, I found some trail had sign of horse. It means we can ride horses on that trail. However, few state park have horse rental. It means, we should bring our own horses. I don't know how many Americans h…

Pennsylvania faces to one of the Great Lakes, Lake Erie. Also there's a city whose name is Erie on the Lake Erie. Erie has a state park, Presque Isle State Park. "Presque Isle" means "almost an island" in French. This name expresses themse…

Today, I received a flower from a young American girl----. Because I went to blood donation. This is interesting because I have never received flowers in Japanese Red Cross. It also reflects American culture. Not only flowers, but also the…

Although my bicycle was very cheap, but it has both front and rear suspensions. I wanted to try descent of single track, I decided to go to "Bear meadows natural area" on Sunday. Bear meadows was not far from my town. Although I had to run…

I had to move to a hotel from my apartment at the end of July because the housing condition of this town was horrible!! We have to contract apartments at least one year---. It means it is difficult to contract apartments for me like short-…