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The first day of my big trip...where should I start?

In Stuttgart?! Exactly!

My parents have been so nice to drive with me to Stuttgart's beautiful airport, so we drove with our great BMW (which isn't so great as we recognized on the trip...but who cares? (z.D. "Wer kehrt?!")) I left my mum and dad at 6am and walked towards a brand new experience.

You mean LA?

No, first of all - flying. If you believe it or not, even if I'm nearly grey-bearded guy i've never flown before in my life. But as it should turn out, it's no big deal!

I flew from Stuttgart to London, changed planes and hitted the air to LA.

I've not expected it to be that comfortable and uncomplicated. I gotta give a big THUMBS UP to British Airways. Friendly as hell - great food - all kind of drinks and a pretty good entertainment system! (Maybe every airline has it and only my experience in flight doesn't suffice...BUT I'm happy with BA!)

To mention what made my flight even more exciting is the reason that i've got sick just one night before i left home! Perfect timing, a good flu with feever...what more do you need before a 20-hour-trip....

So when I finally arrived to LAX, i tried to call my colleague by a coin phone. It should point out that I'm not able to use one:-) So I asked this guy sitting beside me: Messed up hair, keen face, a Macbook in his womb and a baggage car full of surf- and snowboards. After a short talk, while he told me that he just came back from a trip to Australia, New Zealand and the Fidjis he borrowed me his mobile and i finally reached Markus who picked me up a few minutes after later.

We drove to my new work and i had the possibility to say hy to my new colleagues Jochen and Holger. After this short but sweet welcome we left and went to the hostel I booked. And it was the right decision to book that one! 2 minutes to Venice Beach and about 15 min to my work, how great is that! But at this time i couldn't enjoy my decision that much, cause everything finally catched up with me: the huge flight, my sickness, feever, the fucking bad antibiotics that i gotta take and the thought to be somewhere i know nothing and nobody....so what better can you do than go sleeping? And so i did! 7pm and a fell asleep like a baby!

See ya tomorrow, gotta go to sleep right now!

Bye bye