I am generally more of a fan of aisle seats during long haul flights but this time around I didn’t mind too much – spent most of the two flights (out of three – third one was only an hour or so) sleeping.
Tag: California
September 26
September 25
This time around the person in charge of the volunteers even wrestled some coffee/tea for us! Great, great thing!
September 23
As in any other country – I do try to find some of the weirdest stuff in stores and try it, and I’ve already experienced most of the weird candy/snack options… but this? This should come with a label that warns you that this is worse than the foulest vodka you’ve ever tried drinking straight, but with extra added chemical aftertaste. It’s the stuff of nightmares. I’m not one to back down but I gave up not even a quarter of the way through.
September 22 (2)
Dinosaurs? Fighting a cowboy? Now that’s what I can proper entertainment!
September 22 (1)
September 21 (10)
September 21 (9)
The unsung hero of the whole adventure is definitely Bussi (it’s what it says on his tag, so I named him that). He dutifully posed for ridiculous Instagram photos without ever complaining! What a marvellous travelling companion!
September 21 (8)
Ah. This part of the trip taught me that there are idiots out there who not only do not know how their fog lights work but actually don’t even bother turning on their main headlights in these conditions. Although the crown went to the idiot who was driving a super fancy sports car in front of me and, I think, got freaked out the moment he drove into the fog and… just stopped. In the middle of the road.
September 21 (7)
I’ve switched from listening to music (with similar BPM) to listening to podcasts for some runs and so far so good. The music is only really necessary during runs where I have to concentrate on my speed and doesn’t apply to long runs… and like this I can catch up on longer podcasts without having to break in the middle. I don’t know why I didn’t do this years ago, something scared me about not having the music there.
September 21 (6)
September 21 (5)
I was at a dinner last night and I started talking to someone about my love for early-2000s kdramas and jpop and then we talked about holidays in Japan and South Korea. As it happened with many peeps before, she was very surprised to learn that I travel alone and really do enjoy going on holiday by myself – is it really that rare?
September 21 (4)
September 21 (3)
It’s that time of year again when I should start thinking about sending off this year’s holiday cards off to the printer… I think the little flowers here will be on one of the cards.
September 21 (2)
September 21 (1)
Posts during the next few day will be showing stuff from Joshua Tree National Park – I highly recommend it! I was a bit scared of heading there as it had been raining the day before and it was supposed to rain a tad that day, but the park ranger at the entrance told me that overcast days were actually perfect for hiking.
September 20 (2)
September 20 (1)
Proof that Southern California isn’t always sunny – sometimes it’s overcast (and rainy) and a tad cold up in the mountains.
September 19 (3)
September 19 (2)
Because I am a beautiful nerd who listens to 99% Invisible and saw that the Salton Sea on the map not too far (by US standards), I had to go. It was bleak, I was alone, there was this oppressing feeling of something just not being right – I would say it was the perfect Salton Sea atmosphere.
