Retour à la maison...

Day 513:

For some reason, I felt a lot smarter when I woke up this morning.

"Isn't that plane a little small?"

GO!

Finland!! With only one stopover this time, the trip home shouldn't be as painful as the one coming here.

Moomin!!

Hey look! I found ramen in Finland. Haha I'll pass.

Time to go home.

PAin Progress indeed.

See you in Tokyo!

Poèmes du Japon...

Day 512:

Today would be the big day. But first...tsukemen, French style!

And French-style pork with mushrooms!

Then it was off to Grenoble University for my girlfriend's charity poetry event.

I was her biggest fan.

The event was a great success. With more people showing up than expected, it was amazing to see them all show their support for Japan. My girlfriend was amazing too. It was my first time seeing her perform on a stage like this and I was very, very impressed.

Time to celebrate.

Now time to leave France. We fly out from Geneva tomorrow morning so we had to catch the last train out of Grenoble. A big thanks to all the wonderful people we met while in France. This has been one great life experience that I will never forget.

Upon arriving in Geneva, we decided to go for Chinese food...again. It's funny how we've been craving Asian food every time we've been here.

Then it was off to our hotel to relax...

Now that was a fine beer!

Auf wiedersehen...

Day 510:

I don't want to leave Switzerland, but I must. I wonder if anyone will notice if I smuggle this bread.

My aunt cooked us some spicy spaghetti for lunch and it was delicious. Perfect for the long drive back to France. Btw, if you ever drive through Switzerland don't forget to buy a vignette!

Bye bye Basel.

Did you know that McDonald's signs in Europe are green?

After a leisurely 4-hour drive through Switzerland, we decided to stop in Geneva for some food. Girlfriend was craving Thai noodles but we could only find a place that had soup without noodles.

I just got some egg rolls.

Later we found a Chinese restaurant with soup noodles.

It wasn't exactly ramen, but close enough.

Close enough...

We finally made it back to France. Now time for the Maximator!

For the record, it tasted like **** but it gets you ****** up fast.