3/29/2007 Plane Paris, France --> San Francisco, California

3/28/2007 Europe Day 58: Paris, France

3/27/2007 Europe Day 57: Paris, France

3/26/2007 Europe Day 56: Train Zurich --> Basel, Switzerland, Plane Bâle --> Paris, France

3/25/2007 Europe Day 55: Lucerne, Switzerland

3/24/2007 Europe Day 54: Zurich, Switzerland

3/23/2007 Europe Day 53: Plane Paris, France --> Basel, Switzerland, Train Basel --> Zurich, Switzerland

3/22/2007 Europe Day 52: Paris, France - Things To Do at the U.S. Embassy While Waiting for Your Number To Be Called

At the Embassy, they handed out numbers in ascending order but called them out in somewhat random order. I thought it would be fun to play Bingo when it seemed clear that they weren't going to call our number any time soon, so I made myself up a card and started playing!

When they called "43" and I yelled "Bingo!", I was surprised that nobody congratulated me (or escorted me out of the building). I guess Bingo never made it big outside the United States and you have to appear more civilized than me when you're applying for a visa.

We still got the visa.

3/21/2007 Europe Day 51: Paris, France

3/20/2007 Europe Day 50: Paris, France

3/19/2007 Europe Day 49: Plane Porto, Portugal --> Paris, France

3/18/2007 Europe Day 48: Porto, Portugal

3/17/2007 Europe Day 47: Porto, Portugal

3/16/2007 Europe Day 46: Plane Paris, France --> Porto, Portugal

3/15/2007 Europe Day 45: Paris, France

3/14/2007 Europe Day 44: Paris, France

3/13/2007 Europe Day 43: Paris, France

3/12/2007 Europe Day 42: Paris, France

3/11/2007 Europe Day 41: Paris, France

3/10/2007 Europe Day 40: Paris, France

3/9/2007 Europe Day 39: Paris, France

3/8/2007 Europe Day 38: Paris, France

3/7/2007 Europe Day 37: Paris, France

3/6/2007 Europe Day 36: Paris, France

3/5/2007 Europe Day 35: Paris, France

3/4/2007 Europe Day 34: Paris, France

3/3/2007 Europe Day 33: Paris, France - The Lives of Others

Saw a wonderful German movie tonight that you should go see if you haven't already, The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen). The film debut of German Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, it won the 2006 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film and 27 other international film prizes - all deserved!

It's the story of a Stasi (East German secret police) agent (Ulrich Mühe) who listens in on a writer and playwrite (Sebastian Koch) as the latter pens an anonymous condemnation of the oppressive social and political conditions in East Germany that lead its citizens to depression, and in elevated numbers to suicide. Wonderful movie - loved it.

And no, today's picture has nothing to do with the film.

3/2/2007 Europe Day 32: Paris, France

3/1/2007 Europe Day 31: Paris, France

2/28/2007 Europe Day 30: Paris, France

2/27/2007 Europe Day 29: Paris, France

2/26/2007 Europe Day 28: Paris, France

2/25/2007 Europe Day 27: Paris, France