Santa Monica

Sunny saturday, temperature around 23°, more importantly low breeze from the ocean. A good day for a fist LA beach experience. Of course I am not alone in having this thoughts,
Santa Monica downtown is quite crowded with stollers in the pedestrian zone, 3rd street. I have a beach towel,, but I miss few basic items to spend a day in the sun, suncream protection factor 70 (I always buy the highest factor available) flip-flaps, an american institution, and a hat. Thus the first half an hour is dedicated to shopping.
Here I am in the course of my transformation towards a californian look

Second round is the farmers' market, with ridicously overpriced vegetables and fruits, 6 $ for a 2 pounds (900 gr.) of oranges, but they are organic and we are in Santa Monica. Overall not very different than doing your shopping in S Domenico di Fiesole, or at an organic shop inChiantishire, isn't it? I buy plants: Basel, Parseley, Mint and Sage, to make my place feel like home.

The sand portion of the beach is about 50 to 100 m wide,



This place, on the neverending ocean promeaderather is rather basic and unrefined, it played vivaldi music as it served omelettes and burgers.




Here I am as I exit the cold pacific water, pictured by the friend I came with, still a bit overweight. It is mindblowing to be on the beach like it was high summer....