Author: Andrei Olariu

… got interrupted by somebody called Miley Cirus (or Cyprus?). Apparently, she’s a big celebrity in the US.

Mine and Papaya’s first trip! The start point was the BART station at Walnut Creek. The first 10 km or so were big roads (with cars and stuff). Soon, the tarmac disappeared and I entered Diablo State Park. First half of the climb was on dirt roads. I was surprised how hot it was. After a few sunny days in San Francisco, I expected the whole area to be so Continue…

Today I moved into my new home. It’s a shared room in a student dorm, right in the center of San Francisco. It has everything I wanted (like a bed and a private bathroom) and some things I didn’t need, but don’t mind having (like TV, XBox in the lobby and weekly cleaning service). I’ve also went on a walk around the neighborhood. Looks like it’s going to be a Continue…

And I don’t mean the fruit. Papaya is my new San Francisco bike. I’ll summarize all the technical characteristics with “It goes up and down mountains”. Until its first outdoor adventure, it carries me up city hills, to views like these:

And I’m mostly thinking about Chinese restaurants. Maybe I’m subjective. Maybe I’m just attracted by cheap food made by a cook that doesn’t speak English, served in a shady place, with a hand written menu. I still don’t get why Americans don’t include all taxes in the prices: “How much is that?” “$6.50” “I’ll have one” “$7.07, please” (“.. but… didn’t you just..?”)