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!

After about two weeks of colder weather, an early summer hit Los Angeles. This week we had unbelievably 80 degrees and I totally love it! All my colleagues are complaining about the winter already being over and not being able to wear their winter clothes. But I couldn’t be more happy about having this type of weather.

Since we moved to Los Angeles I have this weird urge to go out all the time and do a lot of stuff. I was kind of lazy back in Germany, but over here I always feel like I should take advantage of the awesome weather! This weekend we are hopefully gonna have some time to drive down to the beach. Even if I have not been there for only about three weeks, I so miss walking in the sand barefoot.

People who have known me my whole life, might find this super weird: But over here I totally grow to be a summer person. In Germany I never cared for the sun being out and never bothered going to a lake or to the park to sunbath. But over here I can’t get enough of the sun!

Besides the summer we also have another great thing going on over here right now: We are having the most beautiful sunsets! I can gladly see them from my window at work. And I think the sunsets in Downtown are amazingly beautiful!

Today Flo and I decided to go on a little bike ride. It was a little too cold to go down to the beach, so after a little research we decided to finally try the LA River bike path. In case you haven’t heard of the LA River yet: It’s not a common river, but a man-built river with a concrete base. Some people don’t like the river and the bike paths that follows it, mostly because it is pretty close to the Freeway. But I can definitely recommend the tour, if you are looking for an easy going bike ride in LA – and you can focus on the beautiful River sight instead of looking at the Freeway.

We started our bike Tour near the LA Zoo in Griffith Park. From there we rode southbound all the way down to Elysian Park. After a little break we turned around and rode our bikes all the way back. During the ride we saw a ton of different birds and also caught a good sight of the Hollywood Sign and the Griffith Observatory.

The LA River bike path is not very crowded, but you will most definitely meet a few cyclists and families along the way! For us the LA River is a nice alternative to riding our bikes at the beach or doing an exhausting bike ride in one of the Canyons.