Blogs from Miami, Florida, United States, North America - page 36

Durante mi viaje a Nueva York hice una escapada de cinco días para encontrarme con mi hermano, mi cuñada y mis sobrinos en la ciudad de Miami. Qué recibimiento me dio Elías, mi sobrinito de 3 años, cuando me vio llegar. En seguida vino corriendo hacia mí para abrazarme . He de decir que apenas le di uno de esos característicos besos que todos mis sobrinos y primos menores que yo han padecido de mi parte, me dijo con una carita de pena que me encontraba un “chin” (un poco) feíto. El pobre sabía que su tío era calvo pero nunca le había visto con la cabeza afeitada…Jajajajajaja. Me parece increíble que, a pesar de su corta edad y de no estar creciendo cerca de mí, no sólo tenga tan claro quien soy; sino que, ... read more

It's 2:41am. I will be waking up in about five hours to catch the first leg of my flights (MIA--LAX). I'll spend some quality time with my uncle, aunt, and cousins before heading out to Tokyo on Monday. So, starting Monday, I plan to get 'travel' bloggin'. I can't believe it's been... about five years since I've been inside Japan. Things change so quickly there, I wonder if my incredible memories have faded into the loud taito station arcade games, into the questionable political situation with a new prime minister, into the new construction that overtook the old buildings which I loved to ride my red bike around so much? One thing's that my great buddy Max will be there. The Falcon of the Yamanote...should I explain that? Nah. Anyhow, time to get some rest. Keep ... read more

Three final exams to go. Then, i'm off to Tokyo where I spend a week with my long lost friends. From there, I fly to Nepal, where I will attempt to trek to Everest Base Camp. Wish me luck! ... read more

I'm back! Had an early ish flight from Quito to Miami, and my flight being delayed by an hour (I swear that airport is cursed) did nothing to help my mood. Especially since there is pretty much nothing to do at Quito airport and what little there was I couldn't check out as I was quarantined in the American Airlines lounge. Security measures apparently, but I'm not sure who the measures were to protect. Arrived at Miami airport at around 3, then had a 2 hour wait to get to passport control. Tired and emotional, what I did not need was my mum jumping on my back as soon as I got through the arrivals section, scraing the crap out of me. Still, it was good to see the family again, I've not been away this ... read more

So, now we were back in the US for a whole 2 days! We started off by getting our rent-a-car from what looked like a very sketchy outfit called Miami Rent-a-car, but which ended up being great. There were no cars available from any of the main dealers as it was the weekend of the Ft. Lauderdale Boat Show. Anyway, after picking up our little car we headed to pick up James’ children. We went straight to a fantastic lunch at Delicias de España where I had a great tortilla Española, along with tasting some of the gazpacho, chorizo, jamon Serrano and other goodies that had arrived. We had a bunch of chores to do over the two days, so we started on those then took Nico to his Karate class. He is amazing for 6! ... read more