Posts Tagged ‘California’

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!

Believe it or not, every now and then (probably more often) I actually forget that I live in LA. It sounds crazy, because this is a huge, famous and amazing city, but while living here you kind of forget where you are. You work, eat, meet or hang out – the same way you would do in every other city. And that’s what makes you forget to really cherish the city and the opportunity to live here.

I have these moments, when it really hits me that I am in LA now. On Friday we went to a concert. And when the singer greated the crowd with the words “Hello, Los Angeles”, I felt like “hell yeah, I freaking live in Los Angeles”. I don’t know why it feels so normal to me to live here. Maybe because I never really wanted to live in LA. Maybe, because LA has treated us so good. Or maybe just, because I just feel home.

I know that this city is not for everyone. And that living here can be hard, expensive and frustrating. But right now: I love living in LA. And I begin to like the idea of staying here rather than moving to the OC. It’s strange to say this of a city I sometimes don’t even pay enough attention to. But maybe it is exactly because of that! I feel home in LA. I love LA. And I definitely need to be more thankful for that!

We took total advantage of the beautiful state we life in this weekend. The first reason for that was my parents being in town. The second was that I needed to get back in the sun so bad. I haven’t seen a lot of sun lately, because I’ve been sick and the weather hadn’t been at it’s best behaviour lately.

So this weekend we decided to get out and enjoy the weather and beautiful California. I bought myself a bike this week, so our plan for Saturday was doing a little bike tour down at the beach. We rented bikes for my parents and rode them from Huntington Beach to Newport Beach. The weather was amazing, the beach was crowded but super nice and we strolled through Huntington a bit after our bike ride.

Today we had some bigger plans. We had bought Whale Watching tickets for this Sunday and so drove all the way down to Dana Point to watch some sealife live! We made a little stop in Laguna first and showed my parents our secret spot in the Laguna Hills, which offers you an amazing view down to the coast. Afterwards we drove to Dana Point, got on the cruise ship and spend a good two hours out on the sea. We sadly didn’t get to see any whales, but hundreds of dolphins that put on quite a show for our ship which made the trip more than worth the money!

It always amazes me like hell to discover the beauty of California all over again and I already have thousands of activities planned for this summer!