Went to bed before 10pm when Riku was working, woke up at 5am and Riku was working again. Wow, what a man made of metal! First time eating American breakfast ( if those food I found from the fridge was typical American):
brewed coffee, cereal, bread, cheese and ham. Well I have to say that all the American style is big! Everything is bigger than what I have seen. Big bread slices, big carton of milk and juice, big doors, big ham slices, just name it they are all big! :-D I find it difficult to finish a slice of bread without Riku's help, seriously!
Riku and I went for a walk to the Burlingame Avenue. Oh, I'm so in love with these beautiful houses and all the plants they grew. There are lemon trees full of lemons, big roses, big money trees, and all kinds of craziest flowers that I've never seen.
We went to have lunch in a Burmese and Chinese restaurant. 7,95USD per meal including a glass of lemon water and soup. I had the Burmese Curry Chicken and Riku had the Basil Spicy Chicken. They were soooo gooood... ... Good service too, thumbs up this time for Riku's recommendation!
After that we went to Vans store in Burlingame to shop for some shoes for comfort. Riku and I found our favorite shoes within 20minutes! Mine was 60USD (42e) and Riku's was 40USD (28e). Not bad at all with that kind of a quality. Loved it.
We took a train to Palo Alto Station, and jumped in a free bus that goes to Stanford University for a meeting with Christ, our PR. Wow, Riku was not kidding about Stanford campus at all, which is bigger than the size of Kannelmäki! We got lost with the bus, walked for around 30minutes before we found our destination.
Along the way, I smell something really fresh and nice on the sidewalk. It turned out that those smell came from the field full of rosemary! I also saw lemon trees, roses and unknown gorgeous flowers and trees all over the campus. Walking in Stanford campus makes me feel like Harry Potter somehow. Unbelievable, I wish we have the same in HAAGA-HELIA too.
I can understand that with a tuition fee of 50,000USD per year you get your own Mac store, library, cafes, post office, restaurants, bus connections, a store selling lots of Stanford branded products and souvenirs in your own school. It's nice when you have a bike or a car, otherwise I'm pretty sure that you will definitely lose weight to study in Stanford, it is way too big!
At this time nearly 8pm this cafe Coho is still packed with students and visitors like us. It has been two pianists performing already, what a cozy yet fancy cafe. Of course, it's Stanford.
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