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My two cats, Momo and Chouchou Mes deux chats, Momo et Chouchou To tell the truth, the earth has not really stopped shaking since March 11, 2011. But, this past week or so, it seems that stronger aftershocks followed one after another. My two cats are still in Fukushima city with my husband and his [...]

My husband sent me some more pictures he took recently. Mon mari m’a envoyé de nouvelles photos qu’il a prises récemment. The bread corner of a large supermarket (empty shelves), including an independent bakery (empty shelves there too). Le coin pain (vide) d’un grand supermarché, y compris une boulangerie indépendante (vide, elle aussi). Pictures taken [...]

L’émission Mise au Point du 20 mars 2011 avait repris quelques extraits de l’interview que j’avais donnée sur Skype quelques jours plus tôt.

While I am working hard on my new life in Switzerland, getting over exhaustion and jet lag, looking for a job, etc, my husband is trying to go on with daily life in Fukushima city (60 km away from the Fukushima Daiichi central). Today, for the first time since the earthquake on March 11, he [...]

Here are some pictures I took in Fukushima in Spring, Summer and Winter 2009. Based on Wikipedia, “as of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 290,866. The total area is 746.43 km.” It is a pretty wide city (about 30 km width x 50 km length). *   *   *   *   *   * Voici quelques [...]

Voici le deuxième article, paru cette semaine, dans l’Illustré.    

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 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 [...]