Archive for the ‘Greencard’ Category

We decided t take a little beach trip to the Crystal Cove on Saturday. In my eyes the Crystal Cove is one of the prettiest beaches down here. It doesn’t get crazily busy, you can take nice walks by the water and you can get a little snack at the local Ruby’s, with a super pretty view on the ocean. But to me the Crystal Cove isn’t only a pretty beach. It always takes me on a little time journey.

Three years ago – in October 2010 – we visited the US for the last time before moving here. I weirdly remember the vacation and how it felt like to be here for the last time as a tourist as if it was yesterday. Especially those walks on the beach we took made me think: Wow, this pretty place will soon be our new home! Back in 2010 we were so full of fears that our dream might not work out and that we would never feel home here.

Now – nearly thee years later – we can stand on this beach and actually be happy to call this coast our home. I never would have imagined how pretty, hard, fearful but also rewarding this journey has been. But looking back now I also can’t really believe the crazy things we were worried about and how much we underestimated the real problems.

Three years aren’t a huge part of one person’s life. But it is crazy how much difference three years can make!

Today is christmas day in our new home. In our old home – where we spent the last two weeks – christmas eve was yesterday! Flo and I celebrated together with both our familys and had a wonderful time with a lovely dinner. Flo and I gave each other the trip to Germany for christmas. The trip was supposed to be a bit more relaxing, but we still had a great time with our family and friends.

Tomorrow – just in time for the end of christmas – Flo and I are gonna go home. Home now means going to Los Angeles for us. And yes, we already miss it like hell! This week I showed my dad some of the photos we took during the last year and really got homesick. Even if we only spent 11 months in the US so far, we both think that the decision to move there was the best we could make! A friend lately asked us, if we regret moving to Los Angeles sometimes. And we both honestly and without thinking too long said that we havent regreted it once so far!

Moving is not for everyone. Especially because you leave so many friends and your family behind. But for Flo and me it means the world to have the chance to live in Los Angeles. To be happy there and to have a second home!

I hope everyone had a great christmas, that you spent it with all the people you love and that you can start the new year happy and with a lot of dreams to fullfil!

Today was Flos and my second wedding anniversary. Looking back two years to that point when we just had won the Greencard and decided to get married in a little rush to make this dream come true, made today very special for us. Because today, two years later, we live what we always dreamed of and already achieved so much together in our new home the US.

The weather is amazing right now, so we decided to drive down to Laguna Beach and enjoy the sun. We took a nice walk at the beach, had a late all-american lunch and browsed through a few shops in Laguna. Enjoying little things like just driving to the beach, walking through the cold water with naked feet and just being amazed by California’s beauty made this day very special.

Marriage was just the beginning of our US journey, which we now fully live and enjoy! Saying yes to each other two years ago was also saying yes to our American Dream. And we both don’t regret either of these decisions!