It’s been 24 hours since I arrived in California and a weird 24 hours it has been. Going from being at UBC in the rain in the morning, then through customs (and Myles getting searched twice), then on a plane, and then being back in my room in California in one day is an odd experience.
Here are some of the highlights:
- On my first trip out, I forgot people were able to make U-turns here and I almost ran into someone.
- I still feel like I need to catch the 99 to go anywhere.
- At Safeway, my mom and I usually start on the left (bread) side of the store and go to the right (fruit side), but at the Macdonald Safeway, I would always start in the fruit section and go to the left, so I had to start from the right side in order to be less confused.
- I almost walked into a store through the right door, but here it’s on the left side.
- On the plane when we were nearing the airport, the sun hit my face and it hurt for a second and then I remembered what the sun feels like.
- The sun was still out at 4:30 PM and I was very confused, it felt like 11 AM.
- I woke up this morning and all of UBC felt like a super awesome dream, since everything was still the same…and the sun hit me in the face again.
And a few quotes:
- “So what’s that in Celsius/metres?”
- “My bed is so low…and the carpet is squishy and soft…”
- “The roads here are so wide and everything is…expansive”
- “You call THIS cold?! It’s not even close to freezing!”
- “I want sushi…actually I just want kiwi rolls…which don’t exist in California.”
- “I guess I’m going to have to start using one dollar bills now, this will be interesting.”
(14 days and 17 hours until I’m back in Vancouver!)