February 9 - Almaty

Yahoo! I got my visa to France! This is the main event and I am so so blindly happy that forgot how I got terribly cold in the morning. Did I say it does not feel like cold in Almaty? Forget. It is just a weather trick: no wind and just when you leave a warm place you think it’s fine. In 10 minutes you will realize that the warmest shoes you have are not good enough.

Here are some pictures from my wandering around the city center: