Friday, December 25, 2015

Thank you for an amazing 2015!

JANUARY
I finally moved to SF on January 3rd. You can follow my relocation adventures on kaliforniakati.com




FEBRUARY

I went wine tasting in Sonoma with Christoph, traveled to Portland for business where I felt at home in the US for the first time in 2015 with my Airbnb host family and went camping in Yosemite National Park with Malika. 

At our annual Airbnb company reunion in San Francisco, I won the Embrace the Adventure Awardfor which my German colleagues nominated me. #iloveyoujenny



MARCH

Vegas, baby... 



APRIL

After a short business trip to Miami, my landlord let me know that my future home and Airbnb listing in the Mission was ready for me to move in. 



MAY
I turned 31 in May, celebrated Bay to Breakers with friends and spend an amazing business trip in Toronto. Thanks for hosting and teaching me how to jet ski, Aaron!




JUNE

My first business trip to Paris in 2015 with colleagues and Inna who followed me around the world throughout the year to keep up with our tradition of outdoor picnicking. 



JULY
I spent some time in New York and Berlin and went home for my sister`s wedding. 




AUGUST

Together with colleagues and Airbnb guests from around the world, we explored the Castro neighborhood as drag queens. 



SEPTEMBER
I traveled a ton in September, including two rather spontaneous business trips to Berlin with stop overs in Munich for Oktoberfest and New York City to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Germany`s reunification with fellow diplomats.

The highlight was Burning Man, which has been on my bucket list for a while - I finally went this year and had a great time with Adi, Tobi and Axel. 



OCTOBER
Happy Halloween! #tarantinotheme


NOVEMBER
My business trip to Europe was overshadowed by the terrorist attack in Paris. I will never forget these hours during lock down that I spent with close colleagues who became family. Thank you all for your worried and warm words to ensure I was safe. #JeSuisParis 


Upon return, I spent a weekend with friends in Sonoma and Thanksgiving road tripping to Santa Barbara, Manhattan Beach and Yoshua Tree with my German girls.


DECEMBER
Despite the warm weather, the German Sushi Mädels got together for some home made mulled wine, ugly Xmas sweater parties and traditional Schrottwichteln (jules club). 


Before I was ready to head home via Istanbul, I squeezed in a last minute LASIK surgery - that almost did not happen due to a streak of bad luck -  and am now very happy to finally see the world with my own eyes again. 



I hope to see you soon in 2016! 
Come visit me in San Francisco or catch me somewhere around the world. ;) 

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Kaliforniakati


Ich habe ein neues Baby: Kaliforniakati erzählt wie ich 2015 von Berlin nach San Francisco auswanderte. Wenn Du diese Schritte nacheinander anwendest und dazu eine unverschämte Portion Glück hast, kannst Du ganz entspannt auswandern und Dir ein paar Stolpersteine sparen. Immer wenn in den letzten Wochen etwas schief ging, ließ es sich mit dem Gedanken an diesen Blog fast sogar genießen.
In den nächsten Wochen werde ich mich diesen Bausteinen widmen:
  • Eine Greencard gewinnen
  • In Deutschland abmelden
  • Sachen mit ebay Kleinanzeigen verhökern
  • Verträge und Versicherungen kündigen
  • Wohnung in Berlin loswerden
  • Tschüss sagen
  • Wohnung in San Francisco finden
  • Social Security Number beantragen
  • Krankenversicherung verstehen und auswählen
  • Konto eröffnen und Kreditkarte beantragen
  • Führerschein machen
  • Steuererklärungen machen
  • Zum Arzt gehen
  • Daten
  • Networken
  • Wählen
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