Jetlag and Apartment Hunting California

Our second day and still no decent sleep. At least we found an apartment today and so glad we didn't have to go through a lot before we could finally get a place to settle down for the next seven months. It is pretty expensive but it's just ten minutes away from my husband's workplace, two bus stops from the mall and a walking distance to an Asian supermarket along with a strip of restaurants we could eat out. For expats like us who don't have a car, we need to make sure that everything else is accessible even if it means paying a bit more for apartment rentals. We've become smarter with our choices this time and we owe it much to our experiences in Chicago. San Mateo is a forty-five minute bus ride or a thirty-minute drive to downtown San Francisco and if you think about it, it's not so bad being in the outskirts. I think in a few weeks time we'd be commuting like the locals. For now as long as I have a place to go shopping if I'm bored, it's all good to me. (Big smile)

Hillsdale Mall

Trader Joe's

The Cheesecake factory, H&M, Forever21

Pretty giant roses along the streets

Home away from home

Here's hoping to get some sleep after this post. The husband and I playing around with my phone camera in our hotel room, eating fresh strawberries and Pocky at 4AM pacific time. We're staying at Best Western Inn San Mateo and man, they've been serving the same thing for breakfast for three days now. I can't wait to get out of this hotel and make us some good food in our new home.

Thank you so much for reading. 

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