Lost in Florida.

Hello folks,

Hope you had an amazing weekend and a great start into the new week. If you’re following this Blog (and you’re an active reader) then you probably know that I went to FLORIDA for six days and let me break this down for you: It was the most chaotic, fantastic and the funniest vacation I have ever had! Well thanks to the lovely girls I spent the vacation with!

But let’s start from the top. (It’s going to be less detailed because there are going to be videos for you guys where I am going to tell you about the vacation!)

Tuesday 4/16/2015: 

After waking up at 5 AM and taking an UBER (taxi) to the airport I was way too early and spent some time at the gate reading a book (the turn of the screw). Since I knew that Natalja would join me at the gate, I had a free seat right next to me, but then all of a sudden a boy sat down next to me. GREAT! (Not)

Well after Natalja arrived at the Gate it was boarding time and since I was boarding group 5 (hated it!) I was one of the last people being able to enter the plane. After switching my seat twice, I finally ended up sitting right next to Natalja which was incredibly amazing because well who doesn't want to sit next to a friend even though you booked your flights all on your own. We were so excited and ready to go, but then the pilot told us that there were some technical difficulties and that they need some mechanics to repair the cockpit (GREAT THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR!). So after waiting for one whole hour, we finally speed off to MIAMI! YES!

At the airport we met Helena who joined us on our way to the hostel and let me tell you the hostel wasn't really fancy or anything like that. Actually, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who wants to spend some time in Miami, but who cares right? When we arrived at the reception the boy behind it told us that we’re going to be split up which meant that Natalja and I shared a room, but unfortunately Helena needed to sleep in another room which was so weird (Second misfortune).

After having a great lunch at a cute little restaurant and after unpacking our whole luggage, we finally went to the beach and let me tell you that the beach is incredibly beautiful! Wow the water had the best temperature ever and this nice turquoise shade you see on pictures. Heaven!

Friday 4/17/2015:

Early morning and tired girls. That’s basically what describes this day the best. We booked a tour to Key West which meant that there was a bus going to pick us up at 6:30 AM. Due to an accident on a freeway (we just saw the dead body on the street which had been covered with just one yellow blanked), we needed to drive around the traffic which meant that our 4 hours ride ended up being a 6 hour drive, (Third misfortune).

Natalja and I, decided to take a trolley tour through Key West in order to see as much as possible from the cute island and for 25$ it was the best deal you could get! (I would totally recommend it!)

Since we spent the whole day at Key West and got back to the hostel at 11 PM, we decided to go to bed immediately because there was another tour waiting for us on Saturday!

Saturday 4/18/2015:

EVERGLADES! Jesus Christ. I was so nervous about this tour that I woke up with a huge smile on my face. (Crocodiles were the only thing that was on my mind!)

When the bus picked us up at 9 AM and drove us to the tour office where we booked our tour the fourth misfortune was already waiting for us. Somehow, we weren't on the list for the tour which was totally stupid because we've already been on the list to key-west and we booked and confirmed both tours at the same time, they were able to fix the problem and we went on a 1 h bus drive where we met other Au Pairs (one was from Germany and another one from France). Our tour included a drive on an air-boat and a wildlife show which was really funny.

The air-boat tour was great, but way too short and we've only been able to see 2 bigger crocodiles, 2 baby crocodiles, 1 bird (forgot the name) and some turtles, but the wildlife show was amazing! The guy who was responsible for the show was called Dan. Dan told us that we’re in a dangerous place since we sat in the first row of the wildlife show which meant that we were able to touch snakes and baby crocodiles (so not dangerous at all). Moreover, Dan showed us some tricks with one bigger crocodile and told us that he got bitten once in a show and that we could find the video in YouTube. (I immediately searched for it and he caught me searching the video which was hilarious! (It’s called: Dan gets bitten by alligator in wildlife show – it’s the first video in Google in case you want to see it.)

(Can you find the black, orange baby crocodile?)

Saturday was also our last day in Miami because we needed to take the bus to Orlando and there was already the fifth misfortune waiting for us because Helena’s luggage was lost for several minutes, but fortunately we found it in another room even though the girl behind the reception told us she would put it in the luggage room, but she didn't! (I gave her a bad review!!)

Our 5 hours bus tour to Orlando was great! Well, that’s what we thought since Verena who wanted to join us in Orlando called me and told me that the hostel we booked was in construction and that our reservation was lost. Well great! That meant that the moment we left the bus station we were homeless, walking through Orlando and we ended up sitting in McDonald's in the most dangerous neighborhood of Orlando. (Sixth misfortune!)

After calling another hotel very close to Disney-world which Natalja looked up before we managed to book a room for three nights and we were impressed that the hotel was cheaper than our hostel (we would have paid 240$ for the hostel at our arrival and our hotel was only 200$)!

Sunday 4/19/2015:

DISNEY-WORLD! Oh Jesus Christ. A child-dream came true. We spent the whole day in Disney-world and I can’t even describe how cute it was. Seeing performances and just walking through the park was incredible! I had the feeling that I was in several Disney movies which was insane!

After spending nearly 7 hours in Disney-world Natalja and I decided to take the early bus home (8:30 PM) because we were too exhausted, but the seventh misfortune was already waiting at the bus station because the stupid bus driver didn't tell us the right bus station we just missed the bus (and not only the two of us missed it) so we ended up calling UBER to take us to the hotel. Later that night Helena and Verena who decided to take the late bus (10:15 PM) told us that they've missed the bus too, so they ended up calling UBER to get to the hotel too which was hilarious!

Monday and Tuesday 4/20/2015 + 4/21/2015:

UNIVERSAL STUDIOS AND ISLAND OF ADVENTURE!

WOW. I've never thought that I would fall in love with a park, but I immediately did. The moment we entered the parks I was impressed because it was insane! You feel like you’re walking through different kind of worlds like Marvels, Jurassic Park, Harry Potter, Hollywood and Springfield etc.

IT WAS INSANE! The roller-coasters are amazing, the 3D simulations are just impressive and even the attraction where you’re just walking through are perfect! These two days were the most amazing days of my entire life (well at least some of the most amazing days of my life). To our great surprise there weren't many bad misfortunes besides the weather waiting for us until the very last ride in the Spider-man 3D simulator where Natalja and I were stuck in, but it was still funny because the people who drove the roller-coaster with 3D simulation with us were hilarious though!

If you ask me what I liked the best then I would tell you that the HARRY POTTER PARK (which is split up into both parks and is connected with a ride with the Hogwarts Express) was the most impressive thing I've ever seen in my life. Wow. I felt like I was right there, but besides that I really like the fact that the four of us were able to drive the roller-coaster in the dark (Mummy) three times in a row because we were basically the only ones driving! (The best roller-coaster ever!!!)

And that’s it!

It was a really chaotic, but still hilarious vacation and I am already missing the lovely ladies I shared those fantastic memories with.

More details are coming in the videos (Oh yeah right! Since I've filmed a LOT I decided to split the vacation video into smaller one’s which means that you’ll see more of the parks and more of me!) ;)

Lots of love.

                Anica (wizard)

P.S.: Due to the fact that my laptop is really old it's going to take a while to edit the videos so please be patient! :)