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The World’s Top Chefs Are in Tokyo
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Paris and New York have long had a reputation for being the home of some of the best restaurants in the world.
However, it is Tokyo which has received the most Michelin stars. Tokyo restaurants were given 191 stars. Paris and New York received 98 and 49, respectively.
Michelin gives out very few stars, and only the best restaurants are able to get one.
More Europeans Enjoy Open Borders
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Rudolf Karnis, aged 71, remembers the days when a holiday outside of his native Slovakia was filled with problems at the borders.
During trips to neighbouring countries, such as Hungary and Poland, Karnis and his family would have to stop for long periods at the border for customs control.
“It is nothing like that anymore,” said Karnis, who, like millions of other Central Europeans, is travelling across borders without even having to stop.
His countryman Peter Svancar, a civil engineer who works in Poland, agrees.
“It is much more relaxing now when your train is not stopped at the borders and you do not have to show your passport all the time,” he said.
Slovakia and eight other countries became part of the Schengen zone on December 20. Countries within the zone enjoy free travel to other Schengen countries.
Bush’s Language Mistakes
This story appeared in Simple English News in 2007.
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English teachers often shake their heads when they hear President Bush speak.
Bush is known for making grammatical mistakes in his speeches.
“Childrens do learn,” Bush said yesterday in New York. He should have said “children do learn.”
On another occasion Bush asked: “Is our children learning?” “Are our children learning?” would have been the correct way to ask the question.
