A Fresh Start (up)

This week-end really made me realize how inspired I have been when I chose to live in California. Whereas my friends and family were complaining about the freezing weather in France, I spent my Saturday afternoon… swimming in a delightful pool, under palm trees and an amazing sun (pictures here)! Today, we had a great brunch at Seb’s place in Palo Alto, and then drove to Half Moon Bay, a beautiful beach (pictures here), where I realized that I will probably never take a bath in the Pacific Ocean: it is absolutely freezing! I feel that I’m really bad in terms of integration with American people: I stick with French people because it is so easier to interact with them, without the fear of making inappropriate jokes or confronting an obvious cultural difference (and I realize that there are many!)… But I’ll definitely need to meet American people, because that was the main point of living here!

This week I took the first steps to become a real person here: I applied for a Social Security Number (2hrs wait, a dumb guy misspelling my name, I love US administration) and I got some info about getting a driving license… I know that getting some info is not enough ( ) so I will -probably!- take my first lesson this week: inhabitants of San Jose, stay home!!!

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