Saturday, June 9, 2007

Do you know the way to San Jose?

I left Dallas on June 8 to embark on my Monterey Adventure. The plane trip to San Jose was uneventful, except for seeing the Grand Canyon. Upon arriving in San Jose, the weather was sunny and pleasant. However, by the time my mom and I arrived in the Monterey Bay Peninsula, it was cold. It was about 55 degrees. Even today, the warmest it has gotten has been about 60 degrees! It's going to take time to get used to the weather out here. Yesterday, we went and met Anne, the lady who I am staying with in Monterey. I'm using a homestay program and so she is my homestay host. She's very nice and her home is lovely. She's only three miles from MIIS (Monterey Institute of International Studies, which from now on will be known as MIIS in this blog). My mom and I also had dinner with Hope and her family and they are great! The time change out here is wonky.