On Saturday evening, I headed to Palo Alto by Caltrain to join Charlotte for her birthday party followed by a French party with Will. If you want to meet Stanford people, join a random party in Palo Alto.
Read MoreOn Saturday morning I headed out to Pacifica with Himank for my first surf sesh in the Bay Area. The forecast was looking good and the sun was shining so time to check out the waves!
Read MoreOn Friday, we had our vrijmibo at Drakes and then I headed back to the apartment to move from San Leandro back to San Francisco. In the evening, I checked out my first dive bar together with Lucas.
Read MoreOn Sunday I moved into the corporate apartment, which meant I could finally do groceries and buy some proper food, or so I thought. Food has been more expensive than I expected and eating healthy has been quite the challenge.
Read MoreOn the first day of work, I decided to walk to the office and spent most of the day onboarding and getting to know the company a bit. They had a pretty impressive office.
Read MoreOn Monday, I spent most of the day going from viewing to viewing and in the end not quite settling on anything. Travelling to different viewings is nevertheless a great way to get to know the city.
Read MoreWe visited the Ferry Building around Union Square, where you also immediately see the extreme contrast between rich and poor. I moved from San Francisco to San Leandro, a very suburban neighbourhood, into a dodgy flat.
Read MoreI spent the night in San Jose with Mei and Thomas and visited my first American supermarket. The prices were shocking. Also, I quickly review my first impressions of the start-up scene in SF.
Read MoreI had a really early morning today and woke up at around 6am, so I decided to get out early and try and find a coffeshop with wifi to get some work done. It was a pretty long day with lot’s on the schedule, so feel free to skip through this post a bit.
Read MoreWoke up nice and early this morning to try and sort out as much as possible before starting work next week. Bought my most expensive chai latte ever and I didn’t even get free wifi. Some funny things I noticed about SF include:
Read MoreAfter a fun last dinner with close friends and a franctic morning of last minute packing, I made it to Rotterdam Centraal just on time to get the 12:51 train to catch my flight to San Francisco at 15:00. I hadn’t really thought through the logistics of carrying a large duffle, a surfboard, a backpack and a small handbag by myself, let alone walk around the airport.
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I hate not having plans. I love going out and doing things with my friends but for some reason… Deep, deep down… I really don’t want to set anything in stone. It’s like a constant battle.
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