Move In and Exploring the City

Sunday January 8th--
Tia and I arrived at SFO around 8am, ungracefully and with quite a struggle found our luggage, took the elevator to the wrong floor, and found a Super Shuttle.





Our driver was Dimitri (no idea how to spell that), Tia talked to him the whole way and we learned that he's from the Ukraine and studying at SFSU. He dropped us off at the Urban House and to our dismay, we found the door to be locked and noone answering the doorbell. Fortunately, their Sunday paper had already come, so I had a Target ad to entertain myself. After a few phone calls, we were able to get ahold of Maddie the RD, who was upstairs and couldn't hear the doorbell or the phone. We dropped our bags off and decided to head to Reality SF and catch the 11am service. Britt Merrick was in town, celebrating RSF's 2nd anniversary, so it was really cool to see a familiar face.

We found a Pete's coffee along the way and met a few USF students at the service. We had to be back at the house around 1 for orientation and choosing our rooms.
Tia and I are in room 205:



































There are 10 students in the house: Carter Harrison, Tia Galindo and myself (from Westmont), Katie, David and Krystin (transferring to Westmont), Sheldon, Vroselyn and Natasha (from Gordon) and Rachel (from Messiah). It already feels like a family, and I'm so excited to continue to get to know everyone and develop our community.

Yesterday, Monday January 9th--


We all left the house around 9am and took a bus down to Bernal Hill, where we hiked to the top and could view the city.


We were given directions on which route to take back to the house and which districts to pass through and where to stop. Our first stop was Balmy Alley, a street of murals done by the community.

Philz coffee:

Buddhist Temple:

Alley:

Bookstores:

Serenaded at a Mexican Restaurant:

Women's Building:

Duboce Park (Dog Park):

We walked around 8 miles in order to get back to the house. It was a great day of exploring, observing and discussing as we went along. Internship searches start tomorrow! :)