I'm trying to act like a little fortune teller and answer the questions you guys might have ;o) in advance. So:
How is your place? My place is great - I am staying in a two-family-house with a guy called Tommy, who is working for the Blue Man Group and a dozen bands and owns about 20 (!) guitars. Seems to be a nice guy, a little quiet and really really clean, but very friendly and helpful. So I think we might not become best buddies, but will get along pretty well.
How is the area? To put it in a politically correct way: Ethnically very diverse and "progressing" into the right direction. Meaning: The first impression is a really shabby one - imagine a typical suburb close to a major city with railroad tracks, home to people who really can't afford living in the city. I would not feel comfortable (yet) to walk along the streets alone at night, but there are a few OK places: A block away is a street with just Indian shops - groceries, cafés, jewelers and a little bakery. Right next to the Metro station is the one and only OK pub/bar in the area - with 4 sports TVs and a bartender (called Tony) who smokes although he sounds like he has (had) a "Luftröhrenschnitt". And the laundry place looks clean and nice from the outside (nope, there is no washer in the apartment). There is also a very nice diner with great pancakes and milkshakes (oh yeah, I am gonna get FAT *g*).
What did you do since you arrived? Pretty much nothing in the first week, just relaxing at Brandon's place in Maryland. A LOT since Friday: Moved all my stuff from Maryland to New Jersey, went to IKEA, grocery shopping and drinking in the city yesterday. An experience I will never forget in my entire life: Standing in the parking lot of the grocery store in New Jersey, which is close to the waterfront, and having a stunning view of the skyline of New York at night at the other side of the Hudson River. Felt really weird...
Tomorrow is my first workday and I am super excited!!! Wish me luck that everything will go well, folks! And here are some pictures of my first days in New York/Jersey....
On the steps to "my" house in New Jersey (it is soooo f.... cold here!!!)
Trying to build a little IKEA-nightstand...
My room - bed and closet...
Desk and IKEA-plant ;o)
Clothes, clothes and more clothes...
6 comments:
Schaut super aus, juhu!!! Und der mann auf dem bett, gehört der auch zur einrichtung? nice, nice! ;-) wünsch dir ganz viel spaß bei der arbeit, und drück dir die daumen (obwohl du's eh nicht brauchst...)
ich wünsche einen guten start im amiland!
auch von mir alles gute! und ich hoffe, auf ein paar interessante berichte vom wahlkampf, jetzt wo du live dabei bist!
Der Mann mit den bunten Haaren, der >> ich zitiere: "seine Schamhaare im Gesicht trägt" von dem du gedacht hast, er wäre ein Heavy Metal Freak, is "quiet und realy clean". Das find ich ja lustig. Musst unbedingt ein Foto von deinem Mitbewohner posten.
lg, sarah
Viel Glück und Erfolg.. ein bisserl packt mich der Neid.. vor 10 Jahren war auch bei mir die Überlegung ins Ausland zu gehen... ich habs nicht durchgezogen... umso mehr wünsche ich dir zu diesem Schritt alles alles Gute ..
by the way .. u are living next to New Holland Tunnel (lot of movies took place there!) which goes directly to Brooklyn .. F**in Cool!!
daylight ist einer dieser filme wenn mich nicht alles täuscht. wenn auch ein sehr schlechter film. aber immerhin ein film... ;-)
NA WURSCHT: ALLES GUTE IM BIG APPLE
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