Arriving in San Francisco

After our plane arrived at the airport late and my host sister and dad picked me up, we grabbed dinner at a Japanese place, on the northern side of the golden gate bridge. I never ate Japanese, and it’s usually quite difficult to get me to try something new. But in the end I decided that while I’m here I want to enjoy all the things San Francisco has to offer. Because that’s why we’re here. We’ll be back in our Swiss routine in already 3 weeks but in this short time I want to try out as many new things as possible. I want to meet new people, do things I elsewhere would never do and generally get the whole Californian lifestyle experience.

So when we arrived at my new temporary home, a deer was standing right in front of the house! They have a huge porch, where you can sit and with a little patience observe the wildlife that hides in the bushes (or sometimes just stands in front of your house). I can sleep in the room of the oldest brother, who is not home at the moment. He’s a climber, so to get to the bunk bed in about 4 meters height you have to fight yourself up a climbing wall. What sounds like a boys dream is actually quite annoying if you wake up and have to go to the bathroom and while still being halfway asleep doing some hardcore climbing at 5’o’clock in the morning. After the 3^rd time in one night you start thinking about if you really have to go or if you can hold it for 2 more hours. But in the end some work out is required to compensate the delicious cheeseburgers I get here. So after being awake for almost 22 hours, I don’t think I have to tell you how tired I was! But as I closed my eyes I finally realized where I actually am. I’m in San Francisco!

(SB)