How do you call this when you feel your world is upside down and everything’s spinning around you? Transition. Right. Well, we’re right in the middle of one… and not that we haven’t been there before. If -by reading on- you get kind of overwhelmed and confused, don’t worry, I felt the same way. A…
I am sorry for being absent for a while. I just didn’t feel like blogging and after full three weeks with my parents and cousin and all the adventures we had, it felt like there was not really anything to write about. I know you don’t mind reading the ‘boring every day stuff’ as well…
We spent Friday in J’s hometown Ventura. In the morning, my Dad dropped us off at Kohl’s for a last shopping tour. This time, my Mom and I bought some nice clothes and Basti gave advise in a first-class manner ;) Meanwhile, my Dad visited another golf course [I think the fourth of the whole…
Wednesday morning, we left San Francisco on Highway 101 and drove to Carmel-by-the-Sea and Monterey. First we took a stroll through the downtown area of Carmel, a small town with an artistic history on the Monterey Peninsula. Then we drove the famous 17-Mile Drive, which is a scenic road through Pebble Beach and Pacific Grove…
Monday morning, we left for San Francisco. Our first stop was the Golden Gate Bridge. We had barely opened the car door when a cold wind slapped us in our faces. We had left Sacramento in shorts and flip flops, but San Francisco was cloudy and damn cold! We got out our sweaters and jackets,…
Last Sunday, we were in Sacramento, my beloved Sacramento :) In the morning, we drove to Davis and I showed my cousin the UC Davis Campus where I spent my exchange semester. We walked on Campus, I showed them the new sports center “The Arc” [very impressive in size and equipment!] and the geology building….
Thursday morning we had breakfast at our apartment before we left for Yosemite National Park. This was the part of our trip I looked forward to the most, since we wanted to go to Yosemite in October 2004 when my parents and my sister were here, but couldn’t go because there had been early snow…
We were going to stay in Los Angeles for a couple of days, so Monday was spent on “organizational stuff”. We all had breakfast at our place and we got to talk to my sister on the phone. I wish she could have come with my parents and share this great time with us. I…
The last weekend, we spent in San Diego. I love San Diego! Friday morning, I picked up my parents and Basti at their hotel and we took Highway 1 south. We drove along the coast through the “Beach Cities” of Los Angeles and Orange County and for us Germans it was the epitome of California…
Tuesday morning, we had breakfast at the hotel and then left for Las Vegas around 11 a.m. Having driven through the desert for a couple of hours, we felt that Las Vegas was a strong and colorful contrast. We stayed at the “Paris, Paris†and had to drive down the Strip to get there, so…
