Alien in America

Today was our second Super Bowl Sunday as US residents, but our first Super Bowl Sunday that we attended a party on. A friend of ours throw a little Houseparty, which turned out to be more of a come together to eat and drink party. I was pleasantly surprised that none of the people in attendence had either a better understanding or more interest in the sport than we do. It was nice to be able to speak through the whole game, because I honsetly have to say that Football bores me a lot (mostly because I don’t understand the rules).

Because the party was mostly about food, we decided to bring something a little special. I had bought a food magazine with a Super Bowl special in it a few weeks ago and fast found my thing to bring! We made a cheesecake aka Nacho Platter, which is a cheescake with decor that makes it look more than a Nacho dish. It was super easy to make and everyone loved the look and the taste. So food wise we were probably the winner of our first Super Bowl party. Which is kind of funny, because due to the lack of interest for this sport we have, this might be the last one we will attend.

How did you spent your Super Bowl Sunday and how much does this sport mean to you?

This Tuesday was Flo and my’s one year US anniversary. We went to Eva Longoria’s Restaurant Beso in West Hollywood to celebrate this special occasion! For us this is not only a huge thing, because it’s already been a year. It’s mostly a great anniversary, because the last year overall was just amazing! I hoped for it to be good and for everything to go as we wanted it to. But it actually just went way better than I could have imagined.

We both have good jobs, a cute apartment, awesome new friends, health insurance, a nice car and are in love with LA! We also actually already saved as much money as we spent for the whole move over here. It’s kind of crazy to see how good everything turned out and to know how happy we both are over here! I feel like this was just meant to be!

For sure the last year wasn’t only great. There were hard moments like missing our family and friends, being lonely in a new city, having to deal with building a new life, language barriers and so on. But with a little patience and some strong will we made it through all of this! I am incredibly proud of what we both achieved in the last year. And I am really happy we decided to make this big step!

Dreams are there to be lived! And that is what we did, still do and hopefully will do for many more years! So far I can definitely say: Our personal American Dream did come true!

Flo and I very rarely have those weird days on which we are kind of unsure, if this is really our life or if it is just another vacation. Today was one of those weird days. After helping our friend Scott move into his new home, we went to Whole Foods to grab a bite to eat. We sat on the Patio in the sun and ate and suddenly Flo said: “I just had the feeling that we are gonna fly back home to Germany soon and I am just here on vacation.” He actually spoke from my soul, because at that exact moment I felt exactly the same.

I think I have those days more often than he does. But for me it’s not only those moments that feel like vacation. I also have those what I call “thinking mistakes”. I for example think about something I wanna tell my parents about and will weirdly say to myself: “Don’t call them, you can just tell them when you get back home.” This happens to me every now and then and always leaves me kind of confused. I don’t know where those moments come from. Maybe, because I already adapted to my new surrounding so good that it is too fast for my brain? Or maybe it’s those moments where I miss my family and friends the most.

But no matter what it is, every time I have this feeling I am super relieved when I realize this is no vaction. It is my new life!