2ème article dans l’Illustré
Voici le deuxième article, paru cette semaine, dans l’Illustré.
Category: Earthquake
Article in the UK Standard newspaper
Here. With photo of my husband and myself. Some comments may be out of context. For example, But “I will never be returning to Fukushima,” is not quite right. I meant that I would most probably never LIVE again to Fukushima. Of course, I will be visiting regularly. And the stress I could not longer [...]
At the airport
Earlier this morning, after the Swiss embassy kindly confirmed my flight reservation, I headed to the airport. There, I met the very nice French speaking gentleman from the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit who had helped me yesterday all day, while we were waiting to get on the UK bus and also on the bus. The [...]
About to leave Japan
As I am waiting for my flight confirmation number, I am preparing myself to say goodbye for the time being to Japan. Never has my luggage been so light (one handbag, one backpack and one larger bag), but never has my heart been so heavy and sad. I am leaving behind my husband, my parents-in-law [...]
I am in Tokyo
I am now in Tokyo. It was quite a journey to get here, but thanks to the truly wonderful people at the British and Swiss Embassies (including the British Government employees in the Sendai temporary consulate and the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit), 3 other Swiss and myself were able get on an evacuation bus, leave [...]
Evacuation
UPDATE March 17, 5am: I will leave Fukushima in an hour and head to Sendai. From there, it is not yet clear whether I go to Tokyo or to Niigata. My email address (forwarded to my mobile): info @ ambjp.net ########## MISE A JOUR 17 mars, 5 h du matin: Je vais quitter Fukushima dans [...]
Article dans l’Illustré
Voici un article qui a paru cette semaine dans l’Illustré, un magazine suisse.
Interview sur la tsr
Voici ce qui est passé hier aux informations de 19h30 de la tsr.
Pictures (others)
Today, I took quite a lot of pictures (see posts below). Some interesting facts I noticed: today, about half of the persons I saw were wearing a mask. That was not the case earlier. Although we are now in the middle of sugi pollen hay fever, I doubt that it was the only reason… And [...]
Pictures (supermarket)
Some other pictures I took today, this time at a nearby supermarket. I had to wait for about 30-40 minutes to get in. But the cashier was very quick, unlike the drugstore experience the other day. Many shelves were empty (products sold out) while other shelves had notices explaining that this or that item was [...]