First impression after arriving in LA.
Not much has changed around here, but I am glad the bush fire near Santa Barbara seems to be gone. The weather's nice and "in the seventies" (Fahrenheit, which is around 21-25°C). The student town, Isla Vista, is surprisingly empty as most students don't have lectures during the summer term.
Graduate students do research during that time while undergraduates might work in labs as well or just work full-time for a different employee. Lectures will start again on September and the typical German "Semesterferien" do not really exist here (it's one week between the quarters).
