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diff --git a/blog/2009/April b/blog/2009/April
index 9d53c50..c8f889f 100644
--- a/blog/2009/April
+++ b/blog/2009/April
@@ -2,14 +2,23 @@
 
 === April 30th: Departure ===
 
+==== How to spend 8 hours in Paris ====
+
 TODO
 
-==== Productive flight ====
+==== GEEK UPDATE: A productive flight ====
+
+On the flight back to Europe, I spent some time hacking on [[GeekiGeeki]] to add little goodies such as
 
-**GEEKY UPDATE**: On the flight back to Europe, I spent some time to add lots of new goodies to [[GeekiGeeki]],
-including a nice grid view for photos, the possibility to specify css style for links and inline objects,
-and automatic generation of human-readable link tags from wiki URLs, which should make the wiki markup
-much cleaner.  As usual, these additions resulted in simplification of the codebase rather than code bloat :-)
+ * a grid view for photos;
+ * automatic generation of human-readable link tags from wiki URLs;
+ * a common parser for argument lists such as "foo|bar=1|baz=3";
+ * the ability to specify css style for links and inline objects, which I'm using to produce
+ floating thumbnails on the side of pages without resorting to HTML
+
+These new features will make my wiki markup even lighter than before.
+Moreover, these additions actually resulted in further //simplification//
+of the codebase rather than code bloat.  Way to go!
 
 {{{
 git diff --stat v3.0..HEAD geekigeeki.py
@@ -20,21 +29,28 @@ geekigeeki.py |  709 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------------
 If you see any regressions in the output, please report them to me.  I'm hoping to release
 4.0 soon.
 
+Tags: [[tags/stuff_that_matters]] [[tags/!bloat]] [[tags/as_simple_as_possible]] [[tags/but_no_simpler]]
+
 === April 29th: Back to Tokyo ===
 
-TODO
+After one last tour of the [[Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Nikko/town]], we left from Nikko in
+with a low-cost private line (2h40, but only 1100 Yen all the way to Asakusa).
+
+We had just one evening and half of the next day to spend in Tokyo, so we quickly went to
+the [[http://www.tokyo-ih.jp/en/index.html|Tokyo International Youth Hostel]], a sort of
+nazi camp with a great view on the 18th floor of a high-rise building in Iidabashi.
 
 === April 28th ===
 
 ==== Guided tour ====
 
+{{Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Nikko/waterfalls_tour/00038.jpg|maxwidth=640|class=thumbright|The Yutaki Waterfalls}}
+
 Pictures of our day-long [[Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Nikko/waterfalls_tour]] are now online.
 Our friendly guide, the Buddhist monk whose name I forgot, answered many of our pending questions
 about Japanese traditions and religion.  Hiking through these sacred mountains and woods was an
 enjoyable experience.
 
-{{Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Nikko/waterfalls_tour/00038.jpg|maxwidth=800|The Yutaki Waterfalls}}
-
 TODO: assemble a good video from all the scenes I took along the way
 
 ==== Nikko Temple Area ====
@@ -43,7 +59,7 @@ One would expect to grow bored of Shinto and Buddhist temples after seeing many
 all over Japan, but visiting the Nikko temple area was once again an extraordinary experience.
 And I could finally spot a few [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miko]]s too!
 
-{{Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Nikko/world_heritage_site/00096.jpg|maxwidth=800}}
+{{Pictures/vacation/japan_2009/Nikko/world_heritage_site/00096.jpg|maxwidth=640}}
 
 === April 27th ===