When I finally arrived in my motel I had booked for two nights the day before my departure, my primary mission was to find a room. I wanted to live with roommates to have easily contacts with other people. It was not so easy because my motel was not so close to the place where I was looking for my room and, contrary to it can be thought, it is not so easy to have Internet access in the silicon valley. In fact, if you have a laptop with wifi, you can have an access everywhere because Google and yahoo give provide a free wifi access in the area. Furthermore, most of cafe and restaurant provide also free wifi access. However, if you have no computer, it is impossible. I manage to find a place where there was a computer but the access was very expensive and the place was far from where I was. I discovered little later than there was free Internet access at the library of Mountain View. However, the access was limited to 15 min for visitors and of course, there is always an old library ladies to tell you that you have to leave the computer even if there is nobody who was waiting. Luckily, I quickly found the place where I live now.
In fact, when I visited it the first time, I was not so confident. The house was big, there were 5 people, all between 30 and 40, American people. Even if the guy I met was very kind, there was another guy who was interested in the room and as I was not very comfortable with my English, I thought the other guy will have the room. Finally, since the guy was not in a hurry and a bigger room (and more expensive) will have been free and I insisted a little, the room was mine and the other guy moved in in the other room two weeks later.
I just want to add that during me research, I met very kind people. First, Alan, one of my actual roommate and the guy I met when I visited the house, lend me his bike for four days just after we have met to help me to find my room. The other guy, Brien, help me too by giving me all the adresses of the place he had already visited. I made also a interesting rencontre with a woman who wanted to share her fabricated home. She was taking care of dogs and so the house was full of dogs. She was very sympathic and we talk for one hour about everything and it was very interesting. I thing that if I had not be here, I would have move in there.
In fact, when I visited it the first time, I was not so confident. The house was big, there were 5 people, all between 30 and 40, American people. Even if the guy I met was very kind, there was another guy who was interested in the room and as I was not very comfortable with my English, I thought the other guy will have the room. Finally, since the guy was not in a hurry and a bigger room (and more expensive) will have been free and I insisted a little, the room was mine and the other guy moved in in the other room two weeks later.
I just want to add that during me research, I met very kind people. First, Alan, one of my actual roommate and the guy I met when I visited the house, lend me his bike for four days just after we have met to help me to find my room. The other guy, Brien, help me too by giving me all the adresses of the place he had already visited. I made also a interesting rencontre with a woman who wanted to share her fabricated home. She was taking care of dogs and so the house was full of dogs. She was very sympathic and we talk for one hour about everything and it was very interesting. I thing that if I had not be here, I would have move in there.
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Good words.
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