The view from one of the houses we are staying at over the Castro District.
Jill and I have been house sitting, at two different houses, for the past week.
One house has a gorgeous little Italian Greyhound named Dante and a very cute tabby named Goya.
The other house has two super cute kitties named Buzz and Coco.
We walk Dante everyday and most days we walk him twice.
We also go check on Buzz and Coco when we walk Dante and he seems to enjoy hanging outside the house and checking out everything in that part of the Castro District.
It is nice because the houses are only about 15 minutes walking distance from each other and we are able to meander through Corona Heights Park and a few staircases and back alleys.
It is also quiet and calm here and the exact opposite of the constant hustle and bustle of Beijing.
We can not express how different it is actually.
It is like going from Manhattan on steroids to a town of 400 people in Nebraska.
Coincidentally, in about 4 months, we will be living in a town of 400 people in Nebraska as we will stay with Jill’s parents, Bill and Emma, for a month or two. They live in Cedar Rapids and she wants to catch up with them and introduce me to my soon to be father and mother in law. The wedding is probably gonna happen in 2016 so there is no rush but it will be nice to meet each other’s parents, other than on Skype, since we haven’t been able to yet. This is what happens when you meet someone 8 days before you leave for China and then ask them to marry you in Turkey. It’s an expat life for us!
On this trip around the USA, we will also see our friend Christopher Rubin and his family down in LA and spend a week in Cancun with Jill’s sister’s family in Cancun. After that we will head to Galisteo, NM to hang with my mom and step-dad for a few weeks before heading to Costa Rica or some place in Latin America to start looking for a long term residence as we build our websites and businesses. It is one of the true wonders of the internet age that we can work “anywhere” and strive. We plan to teach others to be able to do the same once our new website is up and running in a month or two. We love the vagabond life and what it affords to us.
So, Jill and I wish you a Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, Wonderful Kwanzaa and any other holiday or pagan ritual that you subscribe to. Here’s a little view from the second house we are house sitting and of the Castro District. Just another gorgeous Christmas in San Francisco. And not wisp of smog anywhere in sight. So glad we are home. Whatever, and wherever, home is.