Peru : Arequipa

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We arrived in Arequipa and had to find our way to our host once again. We looked at the map in the train station and decided to walk there. Taxis were honking the horn at us to makes us climb in. They had been doing that since our arrival in Peru but that never worked.
We were on our way when a car stopped telling us that it was dangerous and proposed us to take us to the place we were going. So we climbed in and after wandering around the area a little we arrive at our host's house where we were greeted by his mum.
In the afternoon we visited the city of Arequipa and looked for information about how to go to the Colca Canyon the next day. Travel table of content

Peru : Nazca

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After coming back from our Ballestas islands tour, we prepare our stuff to go take the bus to Nazca.
We want to go there to see the famous lines which can only be seen from the sky.
We take a small bus to Pisco which is another city not very far from Paracas and after letting the people in the bus guide us (that will happen more than one during the travel) we end up on the panamerica road again and finally find a bus to Nazca with a exceptional timing.
We arrive in Nazca kind of late but not late enough to miss the next to last plane for the line.
It's a very small plane for six people including the pilot. The pilot is turning around the lines one by one in both senses and that makes me a bit sick to look down at the lines and to be shaken like that.
After our tour of the lines we go back to the city of Nazca and have a look around and some diner before taking our next bus direction Arequipa.
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"Attic Mirror", part 8

It has been a while since the last release of a part of Attic Mirror. Sorry for letting you wait so long. I hope you still remember the story and will continue to read the rest. More is coming soon until the first draft is finished. I hope that I stayed consistent enough even if I had stopped writing for longer than I wished.

Also I started to edit Demon Soul and I wrote a new ending as the previous one was a bit too short and lacked details. Some parts will also be added in the middle of the story. Stay tune to hear about the evolution toward publication. As the previous one was a bit too short and lacked details.

I also started to work on some new novels and the first drafts will appear soon here.
One is about the Bayards' kids, the adventure will take place in the magic world with lots of magic and new characters it's called "The bayards' house".
A second one is a vampire story which tell the past of Viorel from when he lost his memory in Transylvania until his arrival in the family you already know. This one was a training for NaNoWriMo and is well advance but requires a lot of historical research that I don't really have time to take care of write now. I think I will call it "Vampire heart".
A third is another vampire story with Viorel, Dylan and Daciana which happen on a short time scale. I also involves other vampires. One that will be part of "Vampire heart" and some brand new. It will be called "Sun Kiss".

I'm also thinking about other novels but for the moment nothing had been written about them.
So I'm not saying anything for the moment. And I'll let you enjoy Attic Mirror part 8.
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Japan : My first (part 1)

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So since I'm in Japan and that everything is pretty new for me I have a lot of first time. That's why I'm calling this post "My first" and you are going to see a lot of my first.

My first Japanese party

On the first week-end of I was pretty tired and so even if I really meant to go out on Saturday I stay sleeping all day due to jetlag.
But the evening was much more exciting.
The lend lady of the residence (I'm staying in student accommodation called the "international house" with lots of international students) told me to come to the party and introduced me to the others. I was really dead and didn't know much what to say but everybody was nice to me and there was delicious food.
Since I had two more parties. In three weeks that's a pretty cool number of party I guess. And they are also becoming better and better, probably because I know more people now and can get more involved.

My first time in a Japanese train

So my supervisor wanted me to have a good week-end and told me about places to go. I didn't go on Saturday but I went on Sunday. I walked to the train station and took the train to Shinjuku.
I didn't know how the machine for the tickets work, they just have number that you have to choose. But he already told me that it was 230 for Shinjuku, so I had no problem.
The train are really clean compared to what I have seen in the subway in Europe. It was really cool to go that far, Tokyo is a pretty big city, Chofu is not that far from Shinjuku and there is a lot more to discover.

Later the next week-end I when out with the people from the residence and I learned that the map above the machine actually show you the price of each destination. So now I can go everywhere.

My first Japanese restaurant

The Monday following I went to the restaurant with my supervisor and the other postdoc I'm sharing my office with.
That was a traditional Japanese restaurant. We had to remove our shoes at the entrance and to lock them in a little box we then went to a room just for us and we sat on the floor with our legs in a hole bellow the table. That was really cool. In Japanese restaurant they first give you some tea and a glass of water. That is really cool.
I love to go to restaurant here, I went to several, all different for the moment, in the style and in the food. I can't really tell you what I eat in detail. The first time was Sashimi after I had soba noodles, tempura, ramen and organic food.
All I know is that there is always side dishes and that I love all of it.

My first たこ焼き

When I get back to the dormitory that day, there were people looking for me. They had decided to make たこ焼き and wanted me to participate. That was really cool, we were talking and cooking the たこ焼き. Someone was making the paste and someone cutting the たこ and I was helping with turning it in the machine with chopsticks.
I really like たこ焼き, probably more than I normally would because they had organized this little party just for me.
 
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