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! :)
