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North America » United States » Florida » Miami August 20th 2012

Na dagen, weken, maanden - zelfs jaren - mij bezig te houden met alles in orde te brengen voor een filmstudie in de VS, begint nu alles op zijn pootjes terecht te komen. Het appartement is bijna volledig ingericht ondertussen en het zwembad is uitgetest en goedgekeurd! De buurt is volledig verkend en alle dichtbijzijnde winkels uitgekamd. Ik begin me steeds meer op mijn plaats te voelen in deze stad die ik slechts twee weken geleden begon te verkennen. Eergisteren en vandaag waren introductiedagen met informatiesessies. Gelukkig hebben ze hier in Miami blijkbaar de gewoonte om de nogal saaie sessies steeds te laten volgen door eten, drank en gezelschap! Eergisteren vond er na de oriëntatiesessie voor internationale studenten een Open House plaats: een plek met drank en lekkere hapjes à volonté en, nog belangrijker, de kans ... read more

North America » United States » Florida » Miami August 10th 2012

Gisteren hebben we eindelijk - na vier afmattende dagen zonder resultaat - iets gevonden dat dicht bij campus en toch betaalbaar was! Want de huurprijzen in Miami zijn echt niet normaal hoog, zeker voor een studentenbudget. We hebben een klein appartementje dat ik zal delen met een roommate, maar we hebben wel elk onze eigen slaapkamer. Dan is er nog een badkamer en een keuken. Het complex heeft ook een zwembad waar we van hartelust gebruik van mogen maken dus dat is zeker ook een pluspunt! Vandaag gaan we dan op zoek naar meubels (enkel de badkamer en keuken zijn volledig gemeubileerd) zodat we ons appartementje een beetje kunnen aankleden. Zodra het er een beetje fatsoenlijk uitziet zal ik foto's posten uiteraard!... read more

North America » United States » Florida » Miami July 28th 2012

Here are most of the photo's I took in Miami!! Mouse x... read more
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North America » United States » Florida » Miami July 22nd 2012

Wow, ten nights in the USA! We landed in Miami and stayed at the beach where I enjoyed the swimming. The sea was lovely and warm with none of the difficulty of getting into the water past your ‘goolies’ which you experience in New Zealand. The surf was very broken but I was able to do a bit of body surfing. We visited South Beach to window shop, to purchase a GPS unit, and to ‘people watch’. While Eileen was consulting the map to find the Post Office, she accidentally walked into a passing woman. This was how we met the mature and slightly eccentric Marie Clare. Eileen describes her as “a very charming, beautiful, full of ‘joie de vivre’, resident French woman”. Marie Clare spoke several languages and she said she had been a translator ... read more
Satisfied
Dinner at TGI Fridays
Eeek! I'm getting wet!

North America » United States » Florida » Miami July 20th 2012

day 49-Went downtown for the last time. all tried rum cake for the first time and it was gooood. went to the ice cream parlour. Came home, jenny and diane came round, went for a delicous meal on cable beach. Loz and jenny (pigs of the group) ate aloott of food and even went for the dominoes lava cakes. Day50-Loz and nat wake up at 3am to head to the airport for miami. 4am they look for a taxi outside and no sign of one. the police passed by and gave them a lift to the airport. loz and nat felt very special. Loz and nat sing miami songs in the queue at nassau airport. The buzzer goes off as loz walks through customs and she had to take all her jewellery off and give it ... read more

North America » United States » Florida » Miami June 29th 2012

Hej derhjemme. Så er vi landet, har fået vores bil og er tjekket ind på første overnatning. Flyveturen og ankomsten til USA gik perfekt. Ingen mistanker om terrorisme eller andet gøjl. Vi tog derefter en taxa til biludlejningsselskabet, hvor vi fik de rabatter vi skulle og har fået vores bil. Det er en Chevrolet Aveo LT, som vi har døbt "Rolf". Jeg tog kørte den første tur hjem til hotellet, hvilket gik super fint, på trods af vildledende faktorer som: Første tur i en bil med automatisk transmission, solid bytrafik på store veje, overhalinger højre om samt generel begejstring for at være ankommet. Det var en vild tur, men kan ikke vente til den næste! I aften har vi taget den med ro på hotellet, forsøgt at vænne os til den ekstreme og fugtige varme, gået ... read more

North America » United States » Florida » Miami June 6th 2012

Today we go home! Di is up early and gets packed. Her plan is to have one last day of sunbathing before we head off to the airport. But she is thwarted by the weather as the thunderstorms have replaced the sunshine. We spend the morning getting packed up and Facetiming. At 12:30 we check out of the hotel and get a taxi to the airport. We have to hang around at the airport for about an hour before we are allowed to check -in.We have a drink at the bar as we wait, eventually we are allowed to check-in. We go through to the security check, where we get held up for what must be 45 mins. There was something amiss with a family's luggage, but none of the security staff seemed capable of making ... read more

North America » United States » Florida » Miami June 4th 2012

Not much to report for today we are basically taking it easy by the pool. We skip breakfast as we still dont feel hungry. We are down at the pool for about 09:00 and spend the morning sunbathing and swimmimng. At lunch we eat at the Nautilus Cafe beside the pool. We decide to share a Chicken Sandwich, when it comes we think that they have made a mistake as we both have a massive sandwich, but we are assured that it is a half portion!! We also get a bucket of beers and sit and cool down for a while. The afternoon is again spent by the pool.It is really warm!! In the evening we go for a walk along the top end of Ocean Boulevard. Neither of us feels particularly hungry so we go ... read more
Downtown Miami
Art Deco Hotel
Palm Trees

North America » United States » Florida » Miami June 2nd 2012

We are up early and gather our things together, we are off the ship before 07:00 - everything goes smoothly and we grab a taxi and head for Miami. This is about a 40 minute drive and costs $100. We check in at the hotel at around 08:00. Of course the room is not ready at this time in the morning, but we are given keys to access the various parts of the hotel (Swimming Pool etc) and are told that our room will be ready at around 11:00 and they will call us on our phone when it is ready. We are in a "City View" room, Di asks if there is any chance of a Beach view room. We are informed that this is possible, but it will be an extra $100/night - we ... read more
Hotel Pool
Loews
Palm Tree walkway to the pool

North 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




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