Since the past two weeks have been maybe more crazy than the two previous ones, I have had hard time to write and tell you guys about how are things going. Finally, here I am, trying to share with you a little bit about this experience. For all who don't know yet, I am currently in San Francisco for training purposes. Bloomberg sent us here to get our first - but intense - training and get to actually work as soon as we finish and "graduate".
So we got here at the second weekend of july. The first "cultural shock" was the weather. As many people do (I found that out later), I came up here thinking "California + Summer = hot"... But nooo... San Francisco is a peninsula - which I didn't know either - and apparently that is one of the reasons why it is so freaking windy, especially in summer. Actually, what locals say is that the best weathers shows up no earlier than september. Big shock. So, long story short, it's cold. And I didn't come prepared at all! That's the worst part. But well, it's not the end of the world.
However, I've had the opportunity to enjoy the city. It is beautiful and interesting, and has lots of things to offer. One thing that I really love is that the office is located in the Embarcadero, where the Port of San Francisco used to be. It is a very nice place, separated from the continent by water, and has a beautiful building (The Ferry Building) where you can find some interesting stuff. Apparently, from what I've up to now, locals are very into organic food and that kind of stuff, so inside the building there's a market of several varieties of organic foods: fruits, vegetables, olive oil, cheese, coffee places, etc... I have had tasted some really good food there. For example, the Blue Bottle, a coffee place, has this amazing organic coffee. I've tried the macchiato and the mocaccino, both delicious. There's a vietnamese fast food place and I've got to say that the vegetarian spring rolls are delicious. There's also a market where they sell fruits, meat, herbs, teas, etc... and have amazing organic products from several places around the world.
Oh, I almost forgot. I've been in La Mar, a peruvian cevicheria, which is great! I've had ceviche and special rice, and loved it! I know this restaurant is kind of like a chance, so if you have one in your city and like fish/seafood, I definitely recommend you to go there. You will really enjoy it. Try the chicha morada or the passion fruit cocktail with it... Simply delicious.
An other interesting thing about my location is that there are lots of cultural centers around, like the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), the Yerba Buena Center, The African Diaspora Museum, the Contemporary Jewish Museum, hmmm... And these are the ones I can remember right now... When I go, I'll post some pictures.
People around here is cool, but I think I don't have local friends yet. All my coworkers (new hires in the company) are from different states in the US and just moved here or have been here for a little while. I have a couple of friends living here but I just got the time to see one of them. Nonetheless, people in general is really nice and cool, they always offer help and things like that.
Well I think I am going to leave it up to here and will post some pictures soon. Promise.
Thanks for reading me and I'd really appreciate your comments :-)
