Anna Due to the fact that we are not able to travel at the moment, let’s take a trip down memory lane! Back in the day, in 2018 Kest and I decided to travel for approximately 4 months. At first, we didn’t really agree on where to go but we compromised. Our first stop would be: The USA. Specifically, the route depicted above. We flew all the way from Amsterdam via Iceland to Los Angeles. It was quite the trip for me. Prior to 2018 I had only been outside of Europe once. When we went to visit my sister in Australia. So it was also my first time in the USA, which was really exciting. I had only seen America in movies and tv shows.
After arriving in LA, we took our very first Uber to our airbnb. Our airbnb was situated (unfortunately) nearby Compton, which I hadn’t really given any thought. Maybe not the brightest idea I have ever had. However, besides the location our airbnb was amazing. It was our first encounter with staying in an airbnb so we were quite nervous. We didn’t really know what to expect. But our hosts were just wonderful and very caring. David even took us on a day trip to the Griffith Observatory and took us out for drinks on a rooftop bar.
The whole experience in LA was very unreal for me. Everything was large and big, and I had never seen any city like it before. We visited places like Venice Beach and the Santa Monica pier, Beverly Hills, the arts district and, as I mentioned, the Griffith Observatory. We even wandered around for a bit in China town but decided to not do that again as we were heading to China after our roadtrip. I really liked LA but it wasn’t my favorite stop on our journey. I think it was too big for me. I did however enjoy the weather very much.
As backpackers we didn’t really go out for dinner. We decided that it would be cheaper to cook for ourselves. I really enjoyed doing groceries in the USA. For the first time I saw poptarts, twinkies, frozen waffles and many more products. It’s a weird habit of mine, I love going to foreign grocery stores. They are always so different from what I’m used to so I’m always delighted to spend some time in the grocery store. Besides cooking, we did go to shake shack. I mean we were in the USA, we had to try fast food! We also met up with one of Kest’s old roommates from Barcelona for dinner and drinks in the arts disctrict. We visited this cool local bar where you could only eat sausages. Like, very big ass sausages, it was great!
