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 ==== My father's photos ====
 
-During the journey, my father also took [[Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/From_Alberto|plenty of shots]]
+Throughout our journey, my father also took [[Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/From_Alberto|plenty of shots]]
 with his video camera.
 
+==== How to spend 8 hours in Paris ====
+
+Our flight from Narita arrived at Charles de Gaulle at 4AM, and the connecting
+flight to Florence was at 1PM.  Could we spend all this time sitting in the terminal?
+
+No way!  My camera's battery was gone, but my father took some photos of [[Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/From_Alberto/Paris]].
+
+For the first time in my life, I had a really bad impression of Paris.  Coming from Tokyo,
+any place would seem very dirty, but in this case the garbage was real, abundant,
+and smelled intensely of alcohol, urine and vomit.  Perhaps April 30th was a special "drunk men day"?
+
+{{japan_2009/From_Alberto/Paris/00216.jpg|maxwidth=800}}
 
 ==== GEEK UPDATE: A productive flight ====
 
@@ -36,8 +48,8 @@ Tags: [[tags/stuff_that_matters]] [[tags/!bloat]] [[tags/as_simple_as_possible]]
 
 ==== Last day in Tokyo ====
 
-With our last energies, we went on a //tour de force// to quickly visit a
-bunch of Tokyo touristic locations that were highly recommended by our guides:
+We gathered all our left energies for a //tour de force// of a bunch of touristic
+locations highly recommended in our guide:
 
  * The [[Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Tokyo_Again/Edo_Museum]], along with a wonderful
  temporary special exhibition of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osamu_Tezuka]].
@@ -45,14 +57,6 @@ bunch of Tokyo touristic locations that were highly recommended by our guides:
  * The [[Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Tokyo_Again/Ueno_Zoo]]
  * The Narita airport :-(
 
-==== How to spend 8 hours in Paris ====
-
-Our flight from Narita arrived at Charles de Gaulle at 4AM, and the connecting
-flight to Florence was at 1PM.  Could we spend all this time sitting in the terminal?
-
-No way!  My camera's battery was gone, but my father took some photos of [[Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/From_Alberto/Paris]]
-with his video camera.
-
 === April 29th: Back to Tokyo ===
 
 ==== Hostel ====