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February 18, 2005

Michals comments - One week in California

Michal posting: Even though we are already in Mexico City we realized that we completely forgot about the blog idea – sorry about that, we promise to be better and more systematic, hopefully it will work!
What to begin from? Ok, first of all, I wouldn’t call our first week of our travel a REAL travel. Since we stayed at my uncle’s Heniu (Kochany Wujeczku, jestes zajebisty dziekujemy serdecznie za wspaniala goscine !!) and Jeannina (Muchos, muchos gracias por todo !) place to fully enjoy the bright sides of American hedonistic way of life  This meant a lot of really good food, Mexican beer and long walks along the beautiful beaches of California.
The first impression that you get about California is that this is some kind of paradise on Earth! This mainly concerns the nature – it is hard to imagine but there are things that blossom all year long! Abundance of fruits, plants, trees is simply unbearable. It is definitely great destination for tourist and especially a great place for rich seniors who can be easily found in many expansive villas! Celebrities – yeah tough luck we didn’t meet neither Brad Pitt nor Britney Spears  Truly speaking our only attempt to get in touch with the these so-called `celebrities` was a Grammy Awards evening when we went in front of the Staples building but the only thing that we could actually see were the empty limousines that just delivered some stars. Pathetic but true but there were still many people willing to spend the whole daywatching these empty cars! It is quite difficult to imagine how many people are getting crazy about the fame and popularity issues! It seems that the most popular conversation starters does not concern the weather but many people enjoy talking about what celebrities did they see! As for the standard of living and Back home in Poland, I always thought that they were feeding us with Beverly Hills sweet-and-pinky propaganda (everybody remembers Brenda and Brandon) and believe or not things looks pretty much the same as on the TV! The sad thing is that only 5% of population of California seems to live on the same level, most of the people seem to work in the services working for the celebrities and in the movie and music industry. Ok, I have to finish now, they are kicking us out from the internet place, ciao !

Michal

Posted by Michal & Silvena on February 18, 2005 05:11 AM
Category: USA
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My dear friends! Brussels is not the same without you! But reading the Blog and knowing that you are safe, happy and seeing some amazing things is something of a consolation. Brenda and Brandon??!! I am glad to know now that I am not the only NERD who watched Beverly Hills 90210!! Keep safe in Mexico! Don't talk to strangers, don't drink the water and always keep a spare dollar in your sock! Vayan con Dios!

Posted by: Jepiko on February 18, 2005 09:20 AM

I live in southern california and I don't know anyone working for a celebrity or in the music industry. People here work for companies that provide services for all people, not just hollywood elites. Maybe this is just the area I live in (orange county) and it could be different in LA. LA has a huge gap between rich and poor, but OC is pretty evenly distributed between middle class and upper class. Hope you still had a good time in california!

Posted by: jc on February 19, 2005 11:52 PM
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