The 3rd World Rocker

We made it, wohoo.
I had the privilege to driving us into Berkeley last night, and when John woke up I told him “isn’t it cool that you drove us out of Maryland, and I drove us into Cali?”..it was quite poetic =)

The first stop we had was at the Nomad Cafe (yes thats the actual name), the plan was to hop online, find us a Hostel near the area, and have a few caffeinated drinks. But that plan flew out the window. I took my gear and walked over the Cafe, John had to make a few phone calls so he said “I’ll catch up with you in a bit”.. I go in the cafe, order a smoothie and cookie. Mean while on the side there is a man with microphone, shouting out questions, and people are sitting in groups jotting down answers. “Its Trivia Night” says the barista lady. I thought “this is nice”, I’m glad to see that they have activities here..I wip out my laptop, plug gadgets into the socket and the barista calls me up to the counter “I’m so sorry, but we turn off the wireless on Trivia night”. Strike One Berkeley.

I think to my self, no worries, I’ll just hang here until John comes over and we’ll enjoy a few drinks. Then I get a call from John asking “where I am”..dude! at the Nomad Cafe, right where you left me. So he asks me about the internet and I give him the 411, he then says, then I’ll meet you at the car..what happened to him wanting to get caffinated..he completely forgot about it, instead he’s about a mile down the road getting pizza. Strike Two Berkeley.

I finish my drink, hop in the car and drive up to where John is, we park the car and I ask him about his friend Kirk (originally, that’s where we were supposed to be settling in) he tells me that Kirk isn’t home, he’s with he’s having dinner with at his parent’s, and that his other friend doesn’t have phone so John has no means of contacting him.
Strike freakin Three Berkeley.

I must say, it wasn’t the most glamorous of introductions to my “future” town.
But then Jen comes to the rescue (you RaWk Jen). John calls up his lovely girlfriend (who is still in Maryland) and she finds us a hostel that’s literally 3 minutes away from where we were standing.
We drive up to the place The Piedmont House, we find that there are 2 beds in the outside den that are available for us to use.
Sweet.
We pay for 2 nights, go out to find a place to park the car, end up almost a mile away from the Hostel, we carry what we need and walk back up to the Hostel, and we literally CRASH on to the bed.

We have not even SEEN a bed since we left John’s family in Arkansas, we almost forgot how good this inventions were..oh my God, we probably woke the whole damn hostel with our snoring from it being so comfortable =)

So the plan for the day is to go chill with Kirk, walk around in the UCB area, I will defiantly pay the Lab a visit and see what kind of available living is in the area.

At this point my California Odyssey ends, but my Berkeley Updates begin.
I hope you have enjoyed my journey so far, I shall keep using this Blog as I mentioned for my Berkeley Updates, so you can keep track of how soon (or late) I am able to settle in. Its like a documentary..the Adventurous Arab Settles In The West Coast =)

Take care my friends.
Salaam