Part of our exploring week also were two trips to San Francisco. As said I already fell in love with this city after one day. No need to mention how I feel about it after seeing even more. This post is called “Soul” because I thought that would perfectly match and contrast the “Spirit” theme…
Month: September 2013
Spirit
Thanks to the visit of my besty I had the chance to experience the Bay Area even more. It was a wonderful week full of laughing, walking and exploring. This is a little homage to Berkeley’s colors and spirit. Students in Berkeley really are liberal minded, free and creative. A whole political manifest combined with…
Game Day
C-A-L. What’s that spell? Cal! Who are we? Cal! Who will win? Cal! Yes, people tend to identify really heavily with their school. But that is what I like to much about the American university culture actually. Some Cal spirit even got stuck on me. My first football game of the season, I bought a…
Sunset
For welcoming week we had the chance to go up the Campanile clock tower at sunset. We had a wonderful view of Berkeley, the Bay and even San Francisco. See for the romantic-beautiful pictures below. Credits: Clara Speer
American Life
The full American experience. To feel home in my new room and get some basic things I went to Bed Bath & Beyond in El Cerrito, northern of Berkeley but only two BART stations away. First, I love that the metro here is called BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit). Next, when I got there I…
San Francisco
The famous Pier 39 was our first stop at the trip to San Francisco, on my third day. It was a long and exhausting day but full of new experiences. Driving through San Francisco with the bus and then walking down the pier, I really felt home for the first time. The notorious prison and…