Blogs from Miami, Florida, United States, North America
San Francisco to Miami - 25th May
Published: May 26th 2012North America » United States » Florida » Miami
May 25th 2012
Today we fly to Miami from San Francisco. We are up at 06:30, even though our airport shuttle does not leave until 09:10. We get packed up, I am still blogging - trying to catch -up! We go down to reception and check-out.We have a twenty minute wait for the airport shuttle. Both Di and I have chosen shorts and sandals in which to travel - could be a mistake! The weather has gone a little cooler and our feet are freezing - I think that I have frostbite in some of my toes. The San Francisco weather is a little strange, somtimes it is foggy and really cold, sometimes it is really sunny but windy and can still be a little cool, other times it is really warm - and all of these can be ... read more
Bloggen om Familien Hjul Andersens rejse til USA.
Published: May 7th 2012North America » United States » Florida » Miami
May 7th 2012
Bloggen her skrives på en billig bærbar computer fra Refurb. Se flere billige computere her: www.refurb.dk - seo-fjolset :-) Torsdag d. 3. maj tog vi afsted.Turen gik over al forventning med to børn, der var forventningsfulde og spændte. Men en lang rejsedag, det var det og vi var alle meget trætte, da vi ankom til sengen på hotellet i Miami, Florida, USA, verden, næsten 24 timer efter afrejse. De første par dage er gået med at vende døgnet rundt, afprøve poolen, stranden og den dejlige morgenmads-buffet. Børnene er blevet udstyret med dykkerbriller, Laurits har lært at hoppe fra poolens kant og Johanne "svømmer selv" med hjælp fra én af os. Ulrik nyder at køre vores lejede Chrystler rundt i Miami's gader, mens undertegnede øver den logiske sans ved at gennemskue kortene. I dag søndag kørte vi ... read more
April 13th 2012
After a lovely week on the beach in El Salvador we headed up to Miami which proved to be the cheapest flight tickets we could get from Central America to Colombia. We only had one night in Miami but we had a great time and managed to squeeze a lot into our time there. Straight from our overnight flight from El Salvador with almost zero sleep we headed to the Miami Open Men’s Tennis Final between Andy Murray & Novak Djokovich. We did not have tickets but we thought we would give it a go and were lucky enough to find some tickets on the door. It was a beautiful day sat in the stadium with 14,000 people and a great afternoon of tennis which Djokovich won. We were sat with some Colombians and as we ... read more
March 21st 2012
Op het moment van schrijven ben ik net terug van een 4000 km lange roadtrip door Florida tijdens Spring Break. Met 8 anderen hebben we een busje met plaats voor 15 man gehuurd. De rest van de plaatsen werden opgevuld met bagage, aangezien we in totaal 10 dagen van huis zouden zijn. Gelukkig hebben de meesten van ons hun rijbewijs gehaald, dus in totaal hadden we zo’n 6 rijders voor de trip. De eerste stop was Miami, met prachtige stranden met palmbomen en supervette (maar ook dure) nachtclubs. Na een maand of twee en een half geen auto te hebben gereden, geen ervaring op Amerikaanse wegen en met maar een uur of twee slaap achter m’n kiezen, was het aan mij om Miami in te rijden. Drie andere gasten hadden de eerste 14 uur gereden, maar ... read more
Career In Scuba Diving - Your Future Being A Dive Instructor
Published: March 15th 2012North America » United States » Florida » Miami
March 15th 2012
Scuba Divers are made of many people that are tired of the usual tedious workday, followed by the nerve-racking task of driving; add all the noise pollution it instigates. That's before everything else scuba divers encounter in these fast paced times outside of scuba diving. Some scuba divers go even further by finding a career in scuba diving. Some become diving instructors themselves. They find their career in scuba diving rejuvenating compared to many other choices. Scuba diving doesn't usually start there though. It usually starts where many other's scuba diving began; with the open water course. Then they move onto the advanced course and learn much more and realize they really enjoy all that scuba diving has to offer. They see diving underwater in a whole new way, and really want to share that with ... read more
In Miami with the AFS group
Published: February 25th 2012North America » United States » Florida » Miami
February 25th 2012
Well, after 2 grueling plane trips, I made it Miami. A couple days ago. I wasn't gonna pay for internet at the Embassy Suites, besides I was busy with other stuff going on. I had a lot of fun there, I met with the other exchange students going to Chile and Argentina. (Fun fact: Argentina is one of the largest for AFS; either recieving or "exporting"; maybe both) For the people going to Chile we sort of instantly bonded, united by the same fact we were going to the same country. There were only 6 of us also, compared to around 20 going to Argentina. Anyway, it was a lot of fun, and I learned some interesting facts about AFS, and Chile. The Chilean Embassy even came I believe, or the Consulate General. We were able ... read more
January 31st 2012
Had a bit of a sleep in today, we needed to be at the coach by 9am to get it into South Beach. I really wanted to go Parasailing today, but the lingering storm clouds meant that the parasailing was shut for the day. Tom and I just walked along South Beach for a bit, before we headed to Miami Ink. Unfortunately it wasn't open yet, so we just took photos outside. Apparently later on Yoji and Darren were working, so I wish I had have gone back. After a photo op we headed to the Holocaust Memorial, which I was really looking forward to. Since going to the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria I have been interested in the events surrouning the Holocaust, so this was a natural stop for me. Unfortunately the monument had ... read more
January 29th 2012
Today was a pretty short drive. Stopped at Walmart for about 20 mins and we arrived in Miami around 12.30pm. I had a speedboat tour booked at 2pm so I had time to grab a bite to eat. Pat, Mo and I decided to try some Cuban food. I ordered the Cuban Specialty Platter, which was a mix of fried pork, rice and beans, fried plantain and cassava. The pork was a bit dry, and the cassava had a really strange texture, but the rice and the plantain were good, which is weird because plantain it related to banana, which I absolutely hate. Mo ordered a Cuban coffee, which I got to taste. It was really nice, so I'll definiitely have to have another while I'm here. We headed to the speedboat at 2pm. Once we ... read more
January 5th 2012
Leave it to me to find a mall wherever I go. :D But on a more serious and formal note, I am currently sitting in Miami international airport. Even though we met at ohare at 6, we somehow managed to miss the flight. It tooke nearly two hours to get theough secirity. One girl forgot her passport, so she has to go home to get it and fly by herself tomorrow. The first flight wasnt so bad, but the lady next to me was really rude and was leaning over and into my seat. She kept pushing me off the arm rest. We landed here 11:30 Miami time and the flight to san Jose takes off at 345. So I'm sitting here at terminal D-15 for the next hour. But on the bright side, negotiate to ... read more
January 5th 2012
I accidently wrote that I missed my flight, when I meant to say almost****... read more
