Toys "R" Us!!!

Guillaume found a job. "Department Manager" at Toys "R" Us in Bordeaux. Starting date: October 8. Done with the darn job search! Yipeeh..... Start making lists guys, we'll get 20% off all toys at Christmas time.

In the days when we were swinging from the trees I was a monkey...

In France they call it "Acrobranche". You climb up about 4 meters on a platform attached to a tree, vanquish several handicaps while moving from tree to tree, and finish with a zipline before you safely land on the other side. Ours came with 4 levels of difficulty. And a 300 m zipline above a lake. Fun times... You won't feel your arms the next day, though.

Guim goes wacky.

Do you want to know what a day of job hunting on the internet does to your brain? Answer below.

Vincent and Celine tied the knot

Which is good for the both of us. For one, Guillaume is back with his oldest baseball buddy. "Homerun, homerun, Sato-san!" For two, Celine is just as happy as myself about spending the (usually lonely) baseball weekends together watching movies and doing girls' stuff. Hallelujah!
It was a beautiful day, beautiful wedding, beautiful couple. Congratulations! We are so happy for you guys!

The last two months in a nutshell.

Packed and sent our stuff. Paid a fortune. Said 'goodbye' to the people we have grown so fond of. Cried our eyes out. Left Japan. Stranded in Bordeaux. Bought a car. Got registered everywhere. Said 'hi' to everybody we hadn't seen in ages. Got new haircuts. Sent one million CVs. Indulged in delicious French food. Enjoyed the beautiful beach. Witnessed Vincent and Celine get married. Took up baseball again, started running and lost weight - well at least one of us. Received our 240 kg parcels. Decorated the apartment the Japanese way. Swore at the 'Bordelais' for their crazy driving and the two dents they made in our new car. Had homemade Japanese "onigiri" and felt remorse for having left this wonderful country. Had delicious French "foie gras" and felt better. Life is good.

Three years...

...since we left the United States and parted with a big bunch of nice people. Six weeks since we left Japan and parted with an even bigger bunch of even nicer people. Too many years since we left our families in their little corners of the world. Countless weeks we have been telling ourselves we need to set up a blog to keep in touch with these people. Three minutes since we have finally put this plan into action. Yipee, now we won't have any more excuses to not keep you updated on our lives. Hehe, now you won't have any more excuses to forget about us - the crazy French-German reconciliation team.