Made it home safe, moved in my bags to my new sweet home, visited my old sweet home in Turku over the weekend and got myself a job. Pretty good for less than five days! I am happy to be home, but I don't think I've fully realized the whole extent of it yet, been too busy.
The road trip with D. was great! I think I saw pretty much everything there is to see in between L.A. and San Francisco. The sceneries from the movie Sideways looked even better in real life and the wine and food served in the movie tasted really good in reality as well, Hearst Castle was pretty impressive, the elephant seals were the worst smelling animals I have ever encountered and the state parks in California were just beautiful. I truly hope Schwarzenegger's plan of closing 80% 
of them won't happen! I also got to show my sister and her family the Bay Area and then they took me to Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon. As far as I could see from the helicopter through my half closed eyes, the Grand Canyon did seem pretty Grand indeed!So that's it I guess. Thank you and moimoi! I hope to see my Berkeley friends here soon :)
-virve
