When it's a sunny day outside...

Today we took a small road trip to a chestnut farm where we went to pick chestnuts. It really reminded me of the times when we used to drive from Hungary to Finland for the summer. Singing and pit stops (just one but anyhoo) and the general idea of just hopping in a car and driving off gave me a cool nostalgia feeling. What made the day even better was the fact that the sun was shining and apparently it was even +33 degrees at one point.

In Budapest, the chestnuts used to be in these kind of hard shells with thorns on them. These were from a totally different world. The spikes pierced through my shoes and you had to be really careful where you stepped. Regardless of my stupid choice in shoes, the place was really cool. It even had apple trees with delicious apples.

I love how California can go from a New York -type of city filled with skyscrapers and lots of civilization to something out of a safari documentary. The landscapes we passed were basically dried up grass with trees. Even the animals knew it was way too hot and placed themselves under the shade. Considering that this trip was around 50 miles, it's not even that far away and yet it was like a completely different continent.

Afterwards we headed out to a park for a picnic with bread/ham, cookies and organic apple cider. Usually I hate that stuff, because in Finland it's way too dry and the ones from a bar tap are 50% water. It was good though, which was surprising. It tasted like apples! Which apparently is a really hard thing for Upcider to do..                                  America 1 - Finland 0

It's been a long day and the drive home was exceptionally quite since everyone was too tired to talk. We just listened to country music and I watched the scenery. We even crossed the Golden Gate bridge on the way back, which was a much less exciting experience than I imagined. Turns out it's just like any other bridge, passing by car anyway… But hey, at least I get to say I've crossed it ;) Maybe next time I'll walk and actually have time to take pictures, it looks like one of those attractions that you need to take time to explore.

Tomorrow's another free day and I'm spending it at the movies with another au pair. Jake Gyllenhaal and Hugh Jackman in the same movie? Count me in.