Sleeping too much?

Does it ever happen to you that it takes all your will to wake up in the morning, even when you've already slept too much? How about waking up from 'short' naps?

On the Road: The End

About a week ago we finally made it to the Bay Area. We drove here from Salt Lake City, and went straight to trying to find a home. We had a couple of days to walk around San Francisco, and although we didn't get to see too much, we realized that we moved to an incredible city!

Throughout the drive from SLC the landscape went from this....

...to this.

California is an incredible state, and I can't wait to explore it as much as I can. The moment we crossed the border, the landscape changed into something that you only see in the movies. With mountains and lakes right on the side of the road. This was the perfect ending to our long long trip.

 Looking for a place to live in this area is very hard, especially when you are on a budget. But eventually we found something! Since then we have been settling in, and I have been preparing for the beginning of classes. Sadly, I will not have much time for adventure or interestingness in my life, so we will see what this blog becomes. Hopefully it won't die!!

Good luck to anyone who is starting classes this week! 

On the Road: Utah - Arches National Park

After leaving Florida we flew to Texas to pick up all of our things, and start the drive to California. The trip wasn't too eventful. We stopped for a couple of nights in Santa Fe, and then drove to Salt Lake City to spend a couple of days there. Even though we didn't have much time to stop on the road, Utah was so beautiful that we had to visit Arches National Park for an hour. Utah ended up being one of the least boring states to drive through. The southwest is incredible, and I hope that one day I get a chance to explore it more. Here are some pictures that we managed to take on the run!

Delicate Arch. One day we'll hike up to it. One day.

Balanced Rock

Ready to go back on the road! 

On the Road: Southern Florida!

We spent the last two weeks of the "relaxed" part of our trip in Florida with my family. After this the trip became really chaotic and we didn't have much chance of doing anything fun. While in Florida, we got to spend time with my little nephew, who gets 5 inches taller every time I see him. We went to the beach, and lounged around aaaall day. Who knows when will be the next time I'll be able to do this?

My First Dragon-fruit!

Have you ever eaten a dragon-fruit?

It is supposed to be good for your skin, bones, teeth, and eyes; but maaaan does it taste bad. The flavor of it reminded me of raw rhubarb. It is not sweet at all, or very flavorful for that matter. I could only eat the small part missing of the picture above before I gave up completely on it. It is such a beautiful fruit! I was expecting it to taste as good as it looks!!


Does anyone know if there is a different way of eating it that would make it tastier?

On the Road: The Wizarding World of Harry Potter

The day after our night at New Orleans we drove all the way to Florida. Our final destination was south Florida, but we ended up making it only to Orlando. There we had to stop by The Wizarding World of Harry Potter! 

The park was very nice, but overly crowded. And then it started pouring on us while we were waiting in line. Regardless of all this, we were had a lot of fun. We got to drink real butterbeer(!), and have a small childish adventure in the middle of our long and tiring move. 

Snow in the middle of the summer in Florida! 

We Reached The Bay!

Yesterday we arrived in Berkeley!
We drove in from Salt Lake City at 7pm last night (more posts about the rest of our road-trip soon) and went straight to see an apartment that we found on craigslist. Then we checked in to our hotel, where we will be staying for a couple of nights until we find another place to stay, and we went to bed after watching a TV show to calm our nerves down.

In the middle of the morning we decided to drive to the Berkeley marina for a break away from the city noise and stress. There we pretended to feed pelicans for a bit. 

This morning we decided to unload the car in a storage room, since we were scared of it getting broken into (or stolen!) and we went out to look at another apartment. After that, we hiked around looking for "For Rent" signs with no success, and now we are off to see anoooother apartment. Apartment hunting is quite an adventure!

We also found this funny hut on the side of the road. It was called the Brazil Fresh Squeeze Cafe.
Who knows? Maybe I'll end up walking by it every day to class! It would cheer up my mornings.

Hopefully we will find a place to live soon, and we will be able to explore San Francisco a bit before classes start.

Good luck to us!