While travelling around the World,

it is fun to meet interesting friends and talk with them.

• Sienkiewicz. On the same park ground, there is a statue of Henryk Sienkiewicz. Who is he? Sienkiewicz was the recipient of 1905 Nobel prize in literature. He is the author of "Quao Vadis." In this photo, I am with a polish lady who has a great respect for Sienkiewicz. She is very happy to meet a non-Polish man who also respects this great Polish writer. Why do I like him so much? Click here for the answer.
  1. Polish Student in Warsaw I was talking with this Polish student while waiting for a bus. She was born in 1984, and she knows her country was under communist domination until 1991.
  2. Polish Students at the Market Square in Krakow (2009).
  3. Hillary Clinton used look like this Polish lady when she was young. I made my first trip to Poland in 1994. Since I knew Poland was a strong Catholic country, my first visit after the Warsaw hotel was the Church of Holy Cross near the Copernicus statue. This church contains many historical items including Frederic Chopin's heart entombed on the Church Wall. When I started asking questions to people, this lady came to me and started explaining things in her fluent English. She became very happy when I told her she looks like Hillary Clinton. In 1994, Hillary was a young first lady of the United States. I like to see this Polish lady again.

  4. Go to my Poland page.

• Russian Soldiers in Moscow. Two of these soldiers turned away from camera when this photo was taken. They did not show their faces (top military secret!). They are patriotic Russian boys.

• Tatyana: with a Russian violinist who looks exactly like Tatyana Samoilova, who used to be the most popular actress in the Soviet world. This violinist is about 15 years younger than Tatyana, and this photo was taken by my wife in London in 1999. Russians, though not all, think she is the real Tatyana. What does Tatyana Samoilova mean to Russians and to the world? Read the attached article.

• In July of 2008, I met these Russian sailors in Istanbul (Turkey). I asked them whether they belong to their Black Sea Fleet, they said No. I then asked whether they came from Kaliningrad. They said Yes. I told them I was in Kaliningrad in 2005, and promised to put their photos on this webpage. Next day, I met more at the Topkapi Palace Museum, and I am happy to put three more photos of those young sailors.
  1. Photo at Topkapi Palace.
  2. Another Photo.
  3. One more Photo.
• Here is my Kaliningrad page.
• Istanbul page.

• Russian Family in Paris (2010). I met these people at one of the Paris cafes for late-night meal. The father appears to be a very successful capitalist, and the family travelled around the world including the United States. We had many things in common.
• Here is my Paris page.

• Russian Mother and Daughter from Khabarovsk. Khabarovsk is a Russian city at the eastern end of Siberia, north of the Korean Peninsula. I met these two ladies in the Church of Resurrection in Saint Petersburg (November 2010). While I was in Korea until 1954, I used to pick up Radio Moscow shortwave signals relayed at powerful shortwave stations in Khabarovsk, but I had never expected to meet anyone from Khabarovsk.
  1. Without me, they look better. Can you tell who is the mother, and who is the daughter? They are both fluent in English, and they have been in the United States. The mother knew that North Korea's Kim Il-Sung was trained to be a Soviet intelligence agent in Khabarovsk, while the daughter did not. Indeed, we had many interesting topics to talk about. I like to meet them again.

• Click here for more Russian friends and an interesting theory.

• Harrow Students. Etoan and Harrow are two exclusive high schools in England. Winston Churchil came from the Harrow School.
  1. Here is my Eton-Harrow page. In Korea, I attended one of the top high high schools, and its principal used to mention Eton and Harrow every morning. I think, however, he was practicing his Confucian education. In either case, I was well prepared to study in the United States, and I received my PhD degree seven years after my high school graduation.
  2. Musicians in London. I met them while walking from Covent Garden to Piccadilly Circus. I was walking with Vladimir Man'ko whom I met unexpectedly in front of the Covent Garden Opera House (1993).
     Crabtree & Evelyn at New York's Rockefeller Center (2002).
  3. English Ladies in Windsor, after afternoon tea (March 2004). Windsor is about 60 kilometers from London, and the Windsor Castle is the residence of the Queen.
     
  4. British mother and daughter. I met them in the breakfast room of the Hotel Tropicana in Las Vegas (2012). Many Europeans come to Las Vegas to satisfy their curiocity. So did I. It was my first trip to this city.
  5. Information officer on Oxford Street in London (2013).
  6. British lady relaxing at the rooftop terrace of new York's Metropolitan Mudeum of Art (2014).

  7. London is always an exciting place to visit. Click here for more British friends.

• Israeli family I met in London (2008). I met them in one of the Garfunkel restaurants in London. They said they are descendants of Israeli farmers who never left their land since the time of King David. I asked them why God did not accept Cain's offering, while he was a hard-working farmer. They said they do not know, but this story has been bothersome to them for many years. I told them I was in the same situation because my grandfather was a farmer. I told them I found out the reason recently, and I gave my explanation. They became happy. Like to know why? Please email me at yskim@umd.edu.

• French Journalist from Paris at Victor Hugo's statue in Besancon (May 2005). Hugo's father was a very distinguished general belonging to the high class in Paris, but Victor was born in Besancon about 350 kilometers away from Paris. The question is then why he was born in this small town unknown at that time. The story is somewhat complicated. I asked this journalist whether she could make my story known to Parisians. She said No, and told me French people would not accept my story.
  1. French Air Force Officers (1996). They were wearing skirts.
  2. Matisse Museum. This photo was taken at the entrance to the Mattice Museum (2002). The Museum dedicated to Henri Matisse is in Nice, but this museum does not allow photographing inside the building. I decided to make my own artwork outside the building. This French lady came from from Strasbourg near the French-German border.

  3. French Mother and Daughter above the Montparnasse metro station. I asked them where the Montparnasse cemetery is. They became happy when I told them I was interested in visiting the grave of Jean-Paul Sartre (2012). I asked them whether they are sisters. The mother became very happy.
  4. French writer at the Closerie Lilas (2012). Ernest Hemingway used to come to this restaurant often. Because of Hemingway's fame, this is a very expensive place. I dined here in 1995 for the first time. Since then, I went there six times.
  5. Grand Cafe Capucino. This is a very popular spot near the Paris Opera House (2010). I go there very often.
  6. French Chef in Paris in front of Cafe Deux Magot, in le martin de Paris (the morning of Paris).
  7. French Chef in Hamburg. French cooking is respected throughout the world.

  8. Ingrid. While I was looking for a suitable place to eat at the cafe district of Marseille, I spotted Ingrid Bergman. I asked her whether she is Ingrd. She said No. I told her she looks like Ingrid and asked her whether I can have a photo with her. She said "As you wish." I then asked whether I can post the photo on my webpage. She said "As you with" again. She came from the French city of Becanson. When I told her I have been to her city twice, she was somewhat suspicious. I mentioned Victor Hugo's statue at the town center. She then trusted me.
  9. French Police ladies in Marseille (July 2008).
  10. Two French Ladies from Lyon. I met them at the Orsay Museum in Paris (2012).

• Students at the Univ. of Strasbourg also called Louis Pasteur University. This is their physics building. I went there in April of 2012.
  1. This is the Law School Building of this University.
     • I had this photo with the Law School students.
     • In 2005, I met this Turkish lawyer at the Ankara airport, who is a graduate of this Law School. She was going to Strasbourg for a vacation. She was going to see her old school friends there. She is a human-right lawyer.
  2. Two High School Students in Strasbourg.
  3. At the restaurant l'ami Schutz in Strasbourg, I had a photo with this young lady. The name of this restaurant is a combination of both French and German words. The German dish called pig knuckle with sauerkraut came from this Alsacian area. This restaurant is somewhat expensive, and people are somewhat formally dressed. They knew I came from the United States from the way I was dressed.

  4. French ladies in masks. I spotted them in Metz (Lorraine Region). I joined them and produced this photo (2012).
  5. Two officers working for the city hall. I met them at one of the restaurants in Metz. They are competent administrators, and they know how people live. We had very interesting conversations on many things in the world.
  6. Texaco gas pump. There used to a petroleum company called Texaco in the United States, but no longer. I was very happy to spot this Texaco pump in Metz. These charming French ladies think it is still a major petroleum company in the United States.

  7. George Pompidu Center is the major art gallery in the Lorraine region.
  8. At the Pompidu Center, it It was a pleasure to have a chat with these two artists and have this photo. They are in charge of putting up exhibitions at the Center.

• Click here for more photos of my French friends.

• Italians in Rome. There are many Italian ladies in Rome. This photo was taken at the top of the Spanish Steps in Rome. There are two ladies sitting, and another enviously looking at us. This photo was taken by my wife while we were vacationing in Italy (June 2000).
  1. Another photo with Italians. This photo proves that God created me first and then two Italian women. Click here for my picture of the Garden of Eden.
  2. Tourism Professional at the Hotel Metropol in Rome (October 2010). She was kind enough to tell me how to go to the Pont Milvio where Constantine had a decive battle against Maxentius took place.
  3. Green Power Advocates at the Termini (main railroad station).
  4. Italian Students at the Cafe Ponte Milvio.
  5. Graduate Students in Physics at the Univ. of Rome.
  6. Engineering students. The tall lady is wearing a green-leaf wreath because she is a new PhD.
  7. Here is another group of students. I become very happy whenever I mix up with students. This happened to be my life-time job.
  8. Italian High School Students in a subway train. One of them wants to go to Harvard.

• Two Mona Lisas in Milan. Look at their smiles. Their smiles are real, unlike the smile of Leonardo da Vinci's imaginary lady. This photo was produced on the street called "via Montenapoleone" in Milan (July 5, 2002). This district of Milan is known as the fashion capital of the world. Here is a
  1. Italian TV Reporter at the Munich Airport (November 2003). She works for the Worldset TV station (Channel 5) in Milan, and this photo was taken by her camera man who was travelling with her.
  2. Italian Shop Keepers in Milan (2002).
  3. Milan's Duomo Square is a very lively place durint the night. A giant McDonald restaurant is seen in the background (2002).
  4. Italian lady from Milan. I met her at the Rodin Museum in Paris (2012). She wants to go to hell with me. She came with her friend. She also wants to go with me.
  5. The Italian lady in this photo is a physics professor from Insubria near Milan. Her name is Alessandra Gatti, and I see her fairly often at conferences. This photo was taken at the Iguassu Falls (Brazil) in 2011l. With Roy Glauber, she had a photo in Nuremberg (2013). She also had a photo with me.

• Murano Crystal Store in Venice (2000). She was very happy because I bought some expensive items there. She is holding the sales slip (money paper) in this photo. I should have asked her whether I could put this photo on my webpage, but I did not know how to make webpages at that time. I hope it is OK with her. Here is the webpage for her company.
  1. Italian Students in Milan. I like students and they like me wherever I go. Milan cannot be an exception (2002).
     
  2. Italian Student on a train from Florence to Pisa (November 2004). She is studying art history at the University of Pisa. Here is another photo
  3. Italian Student on a train from Verona to Milan (2008).

  4. Italian Sisters. I spotted these two look-alike Italian ladies at a Verona park. I asked them whether they are twins. They said No, but they said they are sisters. I then asked who is older. They did not answer but asked me to sit down with them and have another photo.
  5. Galileo's House in Padova. I am with one Italian lady (sun glasses) and he friend from England.

• Two Italians from Bari are telling me that Southern Italy is the true Italy, and that Northern Italians are simply Europeans. I seem to agree with them. I had known that my personality is more consistent with my Italian friends from Naples, Sicily, Palermo, Bari and other southern parts of Italy. This photo was taken in Nice (France 2006).
  1. Naples. In a classy restaurant called "Reginella" in Naples (January 1998). Very cheerful Italian ladies. They think I am a funny man.
  2. Italian Lawyer on a train from Naples to Pompei (March 2005).

  3. Two students on a train from Naples to Caserta (March 2005).
  4. Capri. With a very friendly Italian lady on the island of Capri (1999). Here is
     1. another lady.
        
     2. 2005. I went there again six years later. Still beautiful and friendly!
        
     3. Natural Beauty of Capri.
     4. Another View.

• Sicily. At a Greek-style amphitheater with excellent acoustic condition, an Italian lady from Naples is singing Italian songs, and
  1. I am listening (June 1994).
  2. One of the Greek temples. Sicily was a Greek colony some years ago, and there are also Greek temples in this island.
  3. Police Officer in Palermo (October 2010).
  4. Two ladies in Palermo. We just met at a park.
  5. Italian Student on an Alitalia flight from Palermo to Rome. A very cheerful young lady.

• Click here for more Italian friends.

• Austrian Lady. It is a pleasure to be admired by a lady who understands the world. This photo was taken at a sidewalk cafe in Pecs (Hungary, 2002).
  1. Austrian Student in front of the Wilson Park in Geneva (2006). The Wilson Park was the site of the League of Nations, which served as the United Nations after World War I and before World War II.
  2. Two Austrian ladies at the Mozart Square in Salzburg (2013).

• Austrian Airlines, on a flight from Minsk to Vienna (September 2011). Danube River seen from the plane.
  1. Austrian Airlines at the Dulles International Airport serving the Washington DC area (September 2008).
  2. Without me, they look better.
  3. Another Group of the Austrian ladies (New York, November 2009).

• Have you been to Vienna? Yes or No, Click here.

• New Opera Dress Code. During the intermission in the Frankfurt Opera House, I noticed many black-tied gentlemen, and ladies were also formally dressed. There were some informally dressed like myself, and I was looking for the ladies with appropriately dressed. I found them and we agreed that we are more in tune with the real world. There are two ladies in this photo. One of them lives in Frankfurt, and the other is from Vienna. Both of them are opera lovers (2001).
  1. German Sisters born in Koenigsberg before 1945. Koenigsberg became a Russian city of Kaliningrad, which used to be a Soviet submarine base during the Cold War era. These days, many German tourists come to this city to find out their family roots. This photo was taken when I went to Kaliningrad in 2005 in order to do my research on Kant and Einstein.

  2. German teacher in Verona. I met this gentle lady from Germany in Juliet's House in Verona. She was sitting on Juliet's chair, I was on Romeo's seat. She came with her students, I also had a photo with them.
  3. German Students at a pizza house near the Spanish Steps in Rome (2012).
  4. Two students at the Univ. of Leizpig (2010).
  5. I met a professor too at the Univ. of Leipzig (2010). We on the side of Leibniz's statue.

• Singer at the Hofbrau-Haus in Munich. She sold me two tape cassettes containing her songs (1994).
  1. Another Singer ten years later explaining her songs on a CD (2004).
  2. Hofbrau-Haus musicians in Munich (June 2004).
  3. Two German ladies at the Augustinerkeller restaurant in Munich (2011). Two more.
  4. German models at the Ratskeller restaurant in Munich (2011). To them, I look like their grandfather. Here is another photo.

• This Hilton lady came from Germany, and is now a hostess at the Hilton Copenhagen Airport (June 2002). Earlier, she worked at the Hilton hotel in Arlington near Washington, DC (U.S.A). Since I live in the Washington area, we had many things to talk about. Indeed, Hilton knows how to run the hotel business.
  
  1. Paris Hilton at the Charles de Gaulle Airport. This delightful lady came also from Germany, and was very kind to me when I was staying in the hotel (May 2005). Hilton seems to be consistent with German ladies.
  2. German vacationers in Gdansk (Poland 2009). They were with Japanese cameras. I asked them why they are not using Leica cameras made in Germany. They said the Leica does not mean to them as much as it does to old people. Yes, I am an old man. Click here for a story.
  3. Two German ladies Paris. This photo was taken at the pond near the Georges Pompidou Center (2012).

• Lufthansa. This German lady was exceptionally kind to me at Washington's Dulles International Airport (May 2002). The flight was overbooked, and I offered my cooperation, and she offered the maximum benifit available to me. Great!
  1. Lufthansa. This German lady exceptionally cheerful during the flight from Frankfurt from Minsk (May 2002).
  2. Lufthansa Flight. This German lady was interested in adding her originality to her airline uniform. I like "original" people. This photo was taken during a flight from Frankfurt to Copenhagen (May 2002).
     
  3. English Lady working for Lusfthansa (2003).
  4. Lufthansa Ladies at Washington's Dulless International Airport (May 2004).
     

  5. Frankfurt to Warsaw (June 2010). She was with her colleague. She looks better with him. On the same flight were three off-duty ladies.
  6. Lufthansa Ladies with their captain, at Washington's historic Mayflower Hotel (October 2011).

• Two Students at Peking University. We had this photo earlier, but these girls pushed away their male classmate. In the background is the main library of the University. Chairman Mao Zedong once worked in this libray's old building.
  1. Two Chinese Financial Engineers working for a petrolium company bringing oil from the northwestern region of China. One of these ladies studied in England. This photo was taken in the lobby of the Beijing International Hotel (2011). I stayed in this hotel in 1995. In 2011, I was surprised to see so many young capitalists in the lobby of this hotel.
  2. Chinese Mother and Daughter at the National Museum. They do not live in Beijing, but this 13-year-old daughter was spending her summer months in Beijing to learn English. While her mother was not able to speak English, the daughter was able to communicate fluently with me. The mother was somewhat lost, but was very proud of her daughter. When I proposed a photo with them, the daughter came very close to me. She perhaps thought it was the American way.

• The coastal city of Qingdao was developed by Germans, and there is a Western style residential area. This area is very popular among young people, and we can meet many interesting people.
  1. I met this stylish lady taking photos with her expensive camera. She came from Beijing to meet interesting people in this area. Her purpose was the same as mine.
     • She looks better wihout her overcoat. She is standing in the middle of the road leading to the swimming beach from the residential area.
     • She looks happier with me.

• Young ladies in Chonging enjoying their evening hours (April 2014).
  1. On the Yangtze bank I spotted this young lady reading her phone message. I invited her to pose with me to produce this photo. A very neat and cheerful lady.
  2. In front of a Chinese painting on the bank of the Yantze River.

  3. Chongking is rapidly becoming like New York, but the city still maintains Chinese tradition. Look at
     • the means of transportation.
     • city landscape difying those high-rise buildings.

• Chinese student at McDonald's at Shanghai's Nanjing Road. She is studying chemistry at her college, but she wants to switch to a more abstract subject such as physics. She was talking to a right man. When I proposed a photo, she asked me to come to closer and embrace her. Her behavior was not consistent with Chinese tradition, but she wants to be kind to me who became completely corrupted by American culture.
  1. Two Chinese students with Shanghai's International Financial Center in the background (2013).
  2. Chinese students working for a tourist company in Shanghai.
  3. Three Chinese students at Shanghai'a Xintiendi (new world) district (April 2004). They were studying architecture. I told them China should stop building high-rise apartment buildings and should develop houses with beautiful gardens in the true tradition of China. They said they understood what I was saying.

• From Guangjhou to Beijing (April 23, 2012).
  1. China Eastern Airlines. Flight from Shanghai to Hongking (August 2, 2011).
  2. Traditional Chinese Dress on another Chinaeastern flight from Hong Kong to Xian (August 5, 2011).
  3. ChinaEastern from Wuhan to Chongking (April 18, 2014). This Chinese lady was able to speak Korean.
  4. China Southern Airlines. From Xian to Shenyng (August 8, 2011).
  5. From Dandong to Shanghai (April 27, 2014).

• Click here for my China page.

• Mongolian Tourism Professionals receiving practical training in London (2009). They are working at one of the Aberdeen steak houses. They look like Koreans. Mongolians and Koreans share the same ethnic origin. They are different from Chinese.

• Turkish Professor in Stockholm (Sweden 2005). She came to Stockholm to attend a conference in mechanical engineering. I went there to attend a physics conference. This photo was taken in the hotel's breakfast room (2005).
  1. Turkish Students on the campus of the Middle East Technical University in Ankara (2006).
  2. Turkish Students in Prague (2009). They became very happy to hear that I have been to their country many times. I promised I would post this photo on my website.

• Albanian Government Officials at CDG Airport in Paris (1999). They were going to the United States to see how the U.S. government works. They say this and that about the United States, but many people still like learn things from American Institutions.

• After breakfast in Cancun, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, and another photo. (July 2004).
  1. before lunch at the Margarita Restaurant in Cancun.
  2. Two sisters from one of Mexico's northern provinces. This photo was taken by their father in Cancun (July 2004).
  3. This young lady was very courtenous when I proposed a photo at Cancun's Isla shopping village (2013).
  4. Group of Mexican ladies at the Isla shopping village.

  5. Young Artists in the Mujeres Island (July 2004). From Cancun, it takes 20 minutes by a ferry boat to go to fun-filled island.
  6. This young lady is luring a shy Mexican boy in a comic show. She then lured me (2004).
  7. Two more ladies in this paradise island (2004).
  8. Group of Mexicans on the street of the Mujares island.
  9. Another set of mother and daughter on the ferry boat (2013).
  10. Mexican Lady in San Jose at a Mexican restaurwnt (March 2014).

• Brazilian Sisters in Athens (July 2008). This photo led me to think God created two women for me.
  1. Copacabana Beach in Rio, with Brazilian mother and daughter (2000). I am enjoying a fruit drink not available in the United States.
  2. Brazilian Ladies in front of New York's Metropolotian Museum of Art (2002).
  3. Tall Brazilian Lady in Amsterdam. She was one of those Brazilians who were going to Berlin to cheer their football team during the 2006 World Cup held in Germany.
  4. Two Brazilian Friends I met at London's Tottingham Court metro station (2009).
  5. Brazilian Lady at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin (2010).
  6. Two Brazilian Ladies at the top of the Jesus mountain (2011).

  7. Brazilian Lady in Sao Paolo. Two police officers were there and perhaps they thought we were funny people, but they were without expressions (2011).
  8. Two Interior Decorators in Iguassu Falls. They were working on a Japanese room at the Mabu Thermas Resort Hotel (2011).
  9. Two Flower Artists working for the Mabu Thermas Hotel in Iguassu Falls (2011).
  10. Morning Stroller in Rio (2011).
  11. Entrance to H. Stern's headquarters (2011).
  12. Ladies in Rio. I met them in the restaurant district in Rio de Janeiro (2011). I asked them whether I could have a photo with them. They said Yes.

• Medical students at a Spanish restaurant in Buenos Aires (2011). I like medical students. They are smart.
  1. Engineering students at the University of Buenos Aires. They are also smart. They can do mathematics.
  2. Che Guevara is highly respected in Buenos Aires. This is his portrait in the city hall.
  3. Folk Dancers. Their ancesters came from Bulgaria. They are eager to preserve their Bulgarian tradition.
  4. Evita Peron's tomb at the Recoleta Cemetery in Buenos Aires.
  5. Two Argentine ladies at the Washington Harbor in DC. (2012). The Kennedy Center is seen in the background.

• Linda Lewitt is a film artist directing a special international program for graduate students at Saas Fee, a ski resort town in Switzerland (June 2004). Snow-capped Alps mountains are seen in the background.
  1. Snow and cloud of the Alps.
  2. Water from the Alps snow tastes OK.
  3. Grass-eating cows enhance the Alps scene.

• American lawyer in Vienna (1997). I met her during a Danube boat trip. She worked with John Tall while he was the president of the State Univ. of New York at Stony Brook. Earlier, I worked with him when he was the chairman of the physics department of the Univ. of Maryland. It was a pleasant surprise for us to find out a distinguished mutual friend. Small world!

• Canadian artist. I met this Canadian artist at a conference on arts and science held in Budapest (Hungary 2003). I met her again at he airport when I was leaving for St. Petersburg. We had a photo again.
  1. Canadian Medical Doctors on the St. Lawrence River (Montreal 2004) Another set of doctors, and One more set.

  2. Troubadour musicians at the Cabaret du Roy in Old Montreal (Canada 2004).
  3. with a Canadian Professor in Montreal, while attending the "Space-time Ontology" conference (May 2004).

• Daria Zieminska. She came to the Univ. of Maryland from Poland in 1979 as a post-doc in high-energy physics. This photo was taken in the spring of 1980 in Annapolis, while her husband and son were still in Poland. Together with them, she is now an exemplary citizen of the United States. Click here for Daria's home page.
  1. with Elena Georgieva, in front of the Physics Building of the University of Maryland (April 2000). She is one of my most valuable co-authors in physics.
     Additional photos.
  2. with Marilyn Noz (New York 1975) has been my co-author since 1973. This photo was taken in 1975 at the Greenwich village in New York. Here is another photo taken at the Oystar Bar restaurant in New York (2003).
  3. Lady from Vermont. She came to Washinton to look for opportunities after her college graduation in Burlington, Vermont (2012). I met her at a Georgetown festival.

• Two American ladies from Atlanta. I met them on a ferry boat from Cancun to the Mujares Island (2013). I asked them whether they met Jimmy Carter. They said their children and Carter's grandchildren go to the same school.
• Two receptionists at Montreal's Lekeg steak house (2004).
  1. American student working at a steak house in Bourbon, Illinois (2003). She was working there over the weekend. She is taller than I am.
  2. American Lady from Puerto Rico. I met her in Washington's Bobby Van's restaurant (2010). This restaurant is near the White House, and many distinguished politicians come here to dine and make deals.
  3. Two American hostesses at a riverside restaurant Washington, DC (2012). I was walking by. They asked me what they can do for me. I told them then can pose with me for a photo. Very cheerful Americans.
  4. This American hostess is in charge of the Eiffel Tower restaurant in Las Vegas. I was there in 2012.

• Les Halles French Restaurant eight blocks south of the Empire State Builing. I go there fairly often and meet interesting people. This restaurant basically serves American dishes with French names, and thus the price is reasonable.
  1. The hostesses eager to make me happy (2006). They seem to be happier without me.
  2. In 2009, I went there again.

• American hostess (2007) at one of the Clyde's restaurants (trendy place). She told me she was in my physics class. We were very happy to meet again.
  1. Another American lady who was in my class. This photo was taken at the year-end party for medical doctors in the Washington area (2011). She used to come to my office often when she was a student, and we used to go out for lunch. Here is a lunch table photo. Her family came from Iran.
  2. This lady was in my graduate class. She was an excellent student with a positive attitude toward the world. I met her at a meeting of the American physical society held in Washington, DC (2002).
  3. This American nurse was in my physics class (2000) to become a medical doctor. She used to come to my office often for physics questions and to dicusss her future plans. Unlike other students, she understood this world very well, presumably from her work experience in hospitals. After graduation, she came to my office and produced this photo.

• American Lady from Los Angeles. She lives in Munich with her German husband. She becomes happy whenever she meets someone from the United States. I met her at Munich's Augustinerkeller Restaurant (September 2011). We talked about Arnold Schwarzenegger.
  1. American Lady from Chicago with her friend in Florence (Italy 2004). I met them in a restaurant called "Ciubbee Rosse" located at Piazza Republica in Florence. It is always a pleasure to talk with intelligent American ladies while dining in Europe. We share the same feeling about Europe and Europeans. It is also fun to talk about American presidents, including of course George Bush and Bill Clinton.
  2. Four American ladies in Vienna (2006), at the New Year's Eve concert held in the concert hall of the Schonbron Palace. This photo was taken during the intermission.
  3. Two American ladies at the Temple of Zeus in Athens (Greece 2010). They came from Annapolis (Maryland) not far from my house.
  4. Three Canadian Ladies in front of the London Beetles Store. This photo was taken in London (2012).
  5. Two Californian ladies from Los Angeles (2012). This photo was taken in front of the Trevi fountain at the Caesar Forum in Las Vegas. Californians are special Americans.
• Americans in Stockholm. While I was having a dinner at a small table in a Stockholm restaurant called Martentrotzig (Sweden, June 2005), these three ladies came in and sat down at a big table next to mine. I asked where they came from, they said very proudly "United States." They thought I came from China or Japan. When I asked where in the United States, they said "Washington, DC." I then asked which area in Washington, they became somewhat annoyed, and asked me why I am asking so many questions. I told them I also came from the same area. They did not believe me, but they asked some questions about the area. I answered them all. I said I am a professor at the University of Maryland. They said they are office workers at the headquarters of one of medical associations and came to Stockholm to provide secretarial services for the association members attending a conference. We talked about many things like a brother and sisters.

• Princeton Ladies. Princeton University was an all-male school until 1969 (graduation year 1973). These ladies a re mighty proud of being the first girls to enter Princeton. This photo was taken during the 2000 Class reunion at Princeton.
  1. Princeton students enjoying their late Sunday brunch in the Wilcox Hall dining hall (2001).
  2. Student from Bulgaria also enjoying a late Sunday.
  3. Future Secretary of State studying the world at Princeton University during her winter break (January 2002).
  4. Princeton's Class of 2007 after the P-rade.
  5. This new Princeton graduate, the day after her commencement (June 2012), came to Washington, DC with her mother to look for opportunities in the nation's capital city. Their car carries a Princeton sign.
  6. Two Princeton students at London's Heathrow Airport (March 2012). I become very happy whenever I meet Princeton boys and girls, especially in foreign lands. I still become curious when I see princeton girls because there were no female students in Princeton when I was there.

• Brooke Shields in her graduation gown (Princeton, 1987).
  1. Brooke in preparation for the 1987 P-rade.
  2. Brooke Shields and Kim's wife, during the graduation festival (Princeton, 1987).
  3. Brooke with her signature. Photo hanging in the Yankee Doodle Restaurant in Princeton's Nassau Inn.
  4. near Paris, two French girls very happy with the photos of Brooke Shields. We were on a high-speed train to Paris from Gif-sur-Yvette on July 14 (2000). They took the Brooke photos from my portable album and decided to keep them.
  5. Brooke in New York (2004), from the NYC Official City Guide (December 23, 2004).

• I become very happy whenever I meet American students while travelling in other countries.
  1. Harvard Student in Paris. This photo was produced also at the Grand Cafe. Her parents came from India and established themselves in New York (2002). I told her my son got his PhD degree from Harvard in 1994, and I am a princeton PhD. She was very happy to meet an Ivy-League man in Paris.
  2. with a Vassar student on the Miami Beach (January 2004). Before Princeton University became co-educational in 1969, Princeton boys had special relations with Vassar girls. Vassar also became co-educational in 1969. They decided their own boys.
  3. Students from Rutgers. These three young ladies from Rutgers University were spending a weekend in Princeton's Hyatt Regency Hotel (February 2002). They said they like this hotel because it has a nice swimming pool, when I met them in an elevator one hour earlier. They became very close to me when I told them I am a professor, and they would wait for this photo on my webpage. You would agree that America is a beautiful country.
  4. Barnard and Columbia. I met these young ladies during a summer concert by New York Pops Orchestra held at New York's Central Park (July 3, 2004).

  5. Smith College is another exclusive college for women in Massachusetts. I met these students on the campus of Stanford University in March of 2014. Very cheerful young ladies.
  6. How about Stanford ladies. They are here (March 2014).

  7. U.Penn. The University of Pennsylvania is in Philadelphia, and is another east-coast elite school. I met this cheerful student on a train from Washington to New York. She got on the train in Philadelphia. She was going home in New York for Christmas vacation (2004).

  8. 50 Years Younger. I was talking with an entering student at Carnegie Mellon University in the fall of 2004, fifty years after I went there as an entering freshman. She came from California to study architecture at CMU. She had an excellent future ahead of her.
     • Two more students 50 years younger. They seem to know how to handle their knees. 50 years ago, all female students had to cover the knees with their skirts.
     • Two students at Chatam College, all female school near the Carnegie campus. They are also 50 years younger than I am.

  9. American students in China. I met these young ladies at the Nuruhachi shrine in Shenyang (August 2011). They are students from Smith College, Middlebury College, and one of the high schools in Vermont.
  10. Ballet students attending the New York Ballet Institute (2011). I always enjoy talking about music with ladies.
  11. American students in Budapest. They are roommates at the University of Washington (2008). They were making a European tour to celebrate their graduation. This photo was taken at Fisheman's Fortress. Here is my Budapest page.
  12. Two students at George Washington University, near the White House in Washington (2012).
  13. Wellesley. Hillary Clinton went to Wellesley College. she once came to the University of Maryland to give a speech, and I took photos. I was not able to have a photo with her, but I have a webpage dedicated to her.

• During the trans-Atlantic or trans-Pacific flight, we have to spend many hours within a airline cabin. In order to reduce this boredom, I often ask airline flight attendants to have photos with me. They cheerfully agree with me most of the times, because they are also bored.

  1. From New York to Athens (2010). Delta ladies seem to have various uniforms. This lady wears a red uniform with a hat (October 2010).
     • A Warm-hearted Delta Lady on the same Athens flight from New York (2010).
     • at the Cincinnati Terminal before flight to Washington (January 2012). This team of three has been working together for sometime. The lady on my right has been with Delta for 34 years. She likes her job.

  2. Sheraton Rio: An off-duty United Airlines purser in front of the Hotel Sheraton Rio (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2000). I was holding a Rio licence plate carrying Feynman's name. This bogus plate was made by the Brazilian gentleman in the photo. Later, we were on the same flight coming back to the States. I was assigned to a business-class seat even though I had an economy-class ticket, while she was working for the economy-class passengers. I must have appeared to her like a rich Japanese businessman, but she was very smart. She knew I was a professor of Korean origin and spoke some Korean words to me. A very pleasant experience. Be careful. Those airline ladies know about you.
     • United Business Class. I was assigned to a business-class seat during a trans-Atlantic flight in November 2003. It was a very pleasant flight, and I met some interesting people, including this United lady.
     • United from Brussels to Washington (September 2008). She looks happier with her colleagues. I look better with this charming gentleman.

     Her father was a distinguished physicist. His name was Wesley Britain.

  3. American Airlines, during a flight from Durham (NC, USA) to London (February 2010). This lady became very happy when I told her I am a physicist, and I know about her father, Wesley Britain.
     • American Airlines, during a flight from Miami (Florida, USA) to Cancun (Mexico, July 2004).
     • Business Class. Experienced ladies serving in the business class cabin during an AA flight from Frankfurt to Chicago (January 2005).
     • AAL Ladies at Rome's Fiumicino Airport (2012). The plain-clothed lady on my left used to work for the American Airlines. She is now retired and is very happy to be in this photo with younger colleagues.

  4. Click here for a longer list of the airline people.

• I become very happy when I meet Koreans, particularly Korean students, when I travel.
  1. Korean Students in New York (February 2004).
  2. Sydney. With a Korean student at one of the bay-side restaurants in Sydney (Australia). In the background (across the bay, not seen in the evening) is the Sydney opera house (one of the most famous buildings in the world). One hour earlier, we were in the opera house enjoying Verdi's La Traviata (July 1998).
  3. Paris. I met them near the Luxemburg metro station in Paris (July 2002).
  4. Picasso Museum in Antibes, France (July 2002). Many Korean students spend their vacation weeks in Europe, and they like to visit historical sites. Koreans love Picasso.
  5. Korean Students in Moscow (2010). They are studying cinema acting. Russians are excellet film makers.

• Koreans from Central Asia. There used to be many Korean farmers in the Vladivostok area of Russia. In 1936, Stalin forced them to move to the empty lands of Kazakhstan and Uzbeckistan. They developed their new lands and became respectable farmers. Man of their second and third generations are now main-stream Russians. Naturally, I become very happy whenever I meet them.

• Defectors from North Korea. They are settling down in the Washington area by opening a Korean restaurant offering Pyongyang delicacies. They are also artists performing song-and-dance shows at the Korean gatherings. Photo taken in Annandale, Virginia (2010).

• Korean Singers. I become vary happy when I attend Korean parties. I am enjoying a party for those Koreans who came from the North to South during the years 1945 - 50, because they did not like the communist rule being installed in the North.

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