Half Moon Bay

When en I was a kid like 10 years old, my dream was to visit USA, to see the things they showed in the movies, and of course to speak the language like them. When I was 12 the dream came true, at the beginning it was a month of vacation with my family to visit other family members and to see a new country. I remember I was so excited to be there, to eat their food, to listen them speak, see the parks, watch TV… yes, I was excited about everything.

Then the vacation turned into a permanent staying. At the beginning I didn´t like the idea, because I had all my friends and family back in Chile, I got so sad and in a denial that I was failing all my classes. But later on, when I made friends and started to see the life the people had in the beautiful town of Half Moon Bay, California; everything changed.

I got to know the traditions of the town, like the parades of the fourth of July or the events on the main street for a special date, and the most important event of the year, Halloween: meaning the pumpkin festival (It was the best Halloween ever, with a lot of candy, chocolate, parades, and pumpkin that I had).

All of the experience felt like a dream, a lot of years have passed but I definitely would live there again, because it´s such a quiet, traditional and beautiful place, that I´ll never forget