Toulouse... such a long time ago...

I have been looking at very old photos (I mean around 3.5 years ago) and so many memories arise... I don't realize but I have been out of Spain almost 4 years now!

These two photos are at Alcatel Space Toulouse, where I carried out my master thesis on Multipactor effects on antenna filters. My first professional experience and my first time out of Spain. After that, many more cities came across in my life: Strasbourg, Tsukuba, Leiden and now Pasadena. Almost 4 yours, 4 countries in 3 continents...

Paris

After my 4 days at my home town, it was time to come back to the Netherlands. I could not find cheap flights to Amsterdam, so I took an alternative solution: flight to Paris and Thalys train to Den Haag. I did it in such a way I could stay in Paris for around 9 hours.

In that time, I met Jorge and visited the Louvre museum, la Concorde, got to see the Arch in La Defense and went to Montmartre. Quite a lot! Paris is a city I have visited little by little. I've been there 3 times, but the first two were just for work. Therefore, I had visited or seen just some places... My first time I walked down from the Arc du Triumph to Eiffel Tower along the Champs Elyssees. My second time, it was time for Notre Dame and the Latin Quarter. And finally, I wrapped it up with my third visit!

This is me at the famous pyramidal entrance of the Louvre Museum:



And this is me with a cool Spanish picture within the Louvre:



We passed by the Place de la Concorde, where the famous Obelisque stands. Do you remember where it came from?? I will tell you in a few weeks, when I am back from Athens!



This is the Arch at La Defense, which is huge!



And finally, Jorge and me in Montmartre.



A nice express visit!

Photo Scavenger Hunt

Today, one year ago, I set foot on Japan for the first time. I had left Strasbourg after a very nice year and made for the country of the rising sun, where I was to stay for 3 months. Behind, I was leaving many good memories, parties and friends from ISU.

I was thinking about that and checking my photographs from last year when I came accross the pictures we took during the ISU photo scavenger hunt. Some of these photos are so cool! Basically, we received a list of crazy things to be done and we received points if we carried them out. Some of these things are:

1. Fighting karate with random people in the street.


2. To drink up a bottle of milk in a supermarket.



3. To take a beer with a baby and his brother. Check the baby's hand ;-)



4. To wrap up one of our team mates, Jie in this case...



5. To get a group of more than 20 people pointing at the sky



6. To get naked in the main square (Place Kleber) and walk around... I put this one in small size for obvious reasons... hehe...