After a long 15 hour flight from Moscow to San Francisco, it was nice to touch down to a somewhat warmer climate and cleaner city in San Francisco. Mum and Dad picked me up from the airport, and we took the 45 minute drive on the freeway to our house swap in
Saratoga.
Saratoga is in the Santa Clara County of California directly West of San Jose. It is also right on the fringe of Silicon Valley - which is the high-tech hub of the world with many of the leading technology companies having their headquarters based here (Google, Microsoft, Apple etc.)
The land in
Saratoga was originally used for orchards and vineyards. We have a plum and apricot tree in the backyard here, and they have very yummy farmers markets every Saturday selling locally grown organic stone fruit. Given we are staying more in the suburbs than the actual city of San Francisco, there are plenty of shopping malls, conveniently all have their Summer sales. I have definitely done the economy good here!
After a long 15 hour flight from Moscow to San Francisco, it was nice to touch down to a somewhat warmer climate and cleaner city in San Francisco. Mum and Dad picked me up from the airport, and we took the 45 minute drive on the freeway to our house swap in Saratoga. Saratoga is in the Santa Clara County of California directly West of San Jose. It is also right on the fringe of Silicon Valley - which is the high-tech hub of the world with many of the leading technology companies having their headquarters based here (Google, Microsoft, Apple etc.) 
The land in Saratoga was originally used for orchards and vineyards. We have a plum and apricot tree in the backyard here, and they have very yummy farmers markets every Saturday selling locally grown organic stone fruit. Given we are staying more in the suburbs than the actual city of San Francisco, there are plenty of shopping malls, conveniently all have their Summer sales. I have definitely done the economy good here!
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