Posts Tagged ‘Hollywood’

It can be really annoying to live in the middle of Hollywood sometimes. There always seems to be a premiere on Hollywood Boulevard, which means closed roads and for me a hell of a trip back home from work. That can be almost as annoying as the helicopters that sometimes fly over our heads for a whole evening. But living in Hollywood also has its ups! We decided to go out for a little walk and get coffee in the little shopping mall next to the Kodak Theatre today.

Right across the street is the theatre, in which they shoot the Jimmy Kimmel Show. And tonight Jimmy Kimmel had Lady Gaga as a guest and had her perform on an open air stage right behind the theatre. After getting coffee we decided to walk around the theatre and check out if the show was already over. A strange coincidence let us arrive almost the minute Lady Gaga went on stage, so we did not only get coffee tonight but also a free Lady Gaga show on top!

These moments make it feel so unreal to live in the middle of a major city like LA and also in the middle of Hollywood. Back in Cologne it would have been impossible to just walk 10 minutes and be in the middle of a concert screening or a movie premiere. But here it’s almost normal. Thank you for that, Hollywood!

It’s been already two weeks since Flo and I moved out to Los Angeles, but the idea of living here still amazes me every day. On the one hand we feel totally comfortable living here in West Hollywood and kind of begin to adapt to the Hollywood spirit. But on the other hand it is totally unreal to live in a city like Los Angeles.

We for example go hiking in Runyon Canyon every other morning and every time we climb up the Canyon and see the Hollywood sign for the first time I get so excited. I feel so blessed to live in a city like this where you only have to climb up a little mountain to have the most beautiful view over the city and the ocean.

After opening a bank account last week, we didn’t do any serious organizational stuff this week. I might feel a little bit like being on vacation, because of this. But for now I can say that moving to LA was one of the best decisions we have made in the last years and that I feel totally blessed to only get the chance of living here.

Last week I talked to a lady while waiting in line for Sushi at the Farmer’s Market and she told me that she totally envies young people like us who follow their dreams. That again made me realize that we are some of a few people who get to do this in their lifes and that leaves me being beyond happy and excited for everything that will come in the next weeks.

I actually wanted to write this post way earlier this week, but I have been to tired and overwhelmed to do it. As you may already know we arrived in LA at around noon on Monday. It took us some time to make our way through the airport. Not because we had problems with immigration or anything, but because we sat at the end of our huge plane and had about six handbags to collect after we finally got out of the plane. The immigration officer was – again – totally easy on us and just asked where we lived know and said welcome. I was actually worried about the loads of luggage we carried with us, but customs did not even care.

LA greated us with bright sunshine and we felt so good to finally arrive in the city we now call our home. After a little drive we arrived at the place where we will stay for the next two months which is located in the heart of West Hollywood. We always wanted to move to Orange County, but after two days here in LA I totally fell in love and wanna stay for at least a few months.

Today we went for a little hike in Runyon Canyon and were again amazed by how beautiful it is over here! It is funny that we came over here just in time for Valentine’s Day, because it is the right time of year to fall in love!