Haircut!

I finally cut my hair. The last haircut I got was two years ago, right before I left for my solo Europe backpacking trip.


Seb got a haircut too. His is less noticeable though.

In Soviet Russia

Yesterday, I received a letter in the following FedEx envelope:



Yes, opened by U.S. Customs. Neither origin nor destination was in the U.S. What next? Censors?

[Update: I hadn't noticed until now, but they actually opened the letter inside as well. I can't believe it. It was a letter of recommendation from a prof, so the fact that it was opened kind of renders it unusable. The lesson here is not to use FedEx anymore, because they'll open your mail.]

In peripherally related news, I don't believe I will ever transit through the States again.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/08/11/arar-lawsuit050811.html

The opening paragraph:

A senior lawyer for the U.S. government has told a judge hearing a lawsuit over Maher Arar's deportation to Syria that foreign citizens passing through American airports have almost no rights.

Fireworks

Last Thursday marked the beginning of the Fêtes de Genève. I went to see the fireworks by the lake with Seb, Ian (he was visiting us for a few days), and Hiroshi (I'm teaching him a bit of french). Since we were up close, we got a really good view. They were pretty spectacular.




Later we stopped by one of the kiosks for some drinks.

Josh's visit

Josh came to visit us back in April. It happened to be very cold that weekend. It even snowed!

Josh writing postcards.


Josh buying delicious "Pave de Geneve" chocolates.


We climbed the church tower of St. Pierre. It was windy up there! Nice view though.



Back at home.

Our apartment in Geneva

Here are the long-awaited photos of our apartment I took several months ago. It was when Seb was away, which is why the place is so clean. Things don't look quite the same anymore, because we've changed the furniture in the living room. But you get an idea of what it looks like. First the bedroom.



The living room.



And the kitchen.



I took these pictures when Seb was away, that's why the place looks clean.

flickr photo post

More flowers.

Buzznet photo post

Some pretty flowers growing near our place.

This is way too cute.

http://letsbefriends.blogspot.com/

Animals on the Underground

Not much hope of doing this with the Montreal metro...
http://www.animalsontheunderground.com/

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Annecy

We went on a little day trip to Annecy with the Fujitas about 10 days ago. Unfortunately, the weather was not very good... The day dawned with heavy clouds, but the weather forecast for Annecy said "sunny, partly cloudy". So we left Geneva with our hearts full of hope. Then it started to rain.

In the car...




We paused briefly to take a look at this very picturesque bridge, le Pont des Cailles.




It spanned a fairly steep ravine. The river running below was really far down. Here is the view from the bridge.



Don't look down...



The view from between the slats of the bridge. The white blob is my hand, because looking down from between the slats was near panic-inducing. (I'm not so good with heights.)



The picturesque little river in Annecy.




We had to cancel our picnic by the lake because of the rain. We borrowed a table at the local fast food joint and ate our food there instead.



View of the city from castle grounds.




Some guy had a large opening in his roof. I wonder how that works.



View towards the lake and mountains.




Le Chateau d'Annecy.



Strolling down a side street.



Picturesque.



Locks?



Seb by the lake.




The four adventurers.

Flowers

I took some pictures of the pretty flowers growing near our building.

Gianduja

Delicious gianduja Easter bunnies!