29/12-14: I'm on a boat!

Leaving Miami Downtown

The view to the beach from our buoy

The Freedom Tower

I completely forgot to take a picture of our little hotel because of all the chaos, so I have stolen this one from Google Street view - the picture clearly shows that this hotel was built in the 1940's, and I can attest to that the interior looked like it was from the 40's too!

Our house in Little Haiti - also stolen from Google Street view :-)

Efter vores første to nætter på hotellet checkede vi ud, og brugte dagen i Downtown Miami. Først var vi på stranden i et par timer, og derefter fandt vi en lille restaurant med wi-fi så vi igen kunne forsøge at løse vores boligsituation. 

På dette tidspunkt var en del af de 22 stille og roligt faldet fra, og vi var nede på at være 15 personer i stedet for - men folk var altså lige på trapperne, og vi var endnu en gang uden tag over hovedet!

Efter en god frokost og intensiv søgning lykkedes det endelig!

Vi fandt et lille hus - et godt stykke udenfor Miami Downtown og South Beach, men der var med nød og næppe plads til os alle, prisen var overskuelig, og vigtigst af alt så var det LEDIGT - så vi skyndte os at slå til!

Vi kunne checke-in aftenen efter, så vi vendte tilbage til vores hotel for endnu en nat efter at have vandret op og ned af Lincoln Road - den travelste og mest turistede gade i hele Miami. 

Dagen efter (den 29.) var det en af drengenes fødselsdag, og det blev fejret med en lækker bådtur. 

Vi var på en ca. 60-70 fods katamaran og var helt ude og vende i atlanten - kun for sejl! Derefter var vi et smut inde ved kysten hvor vi havde mulighed for at snorkle og bade. Vejret var desværre for uklart, og vandet for grumset til at man kunne se meget med snorklen, men det var en dejlig sejltur og en god måde både at fejre fødselsdag - og at vi nu havde en lejlighed på :-)

Efter bådturen tog vi ud til vores nye hjem for de næste par dage - i Little Haiti.. Og nu vil nogen som kender lidt til Miami måske straks tænke "Little Haiti"??? 

Området har nemlig ry for at være et af de værste i hele Miami (men det vidste vi jo ikke lige da vi bookede det)...  - og jeg vil skynde mig at sige at vi alle kom igennem opholdet i god behold!

Efter check-in (og en smule panik over at finde ud af hvad det var for et sted vi havde booket), skyndte vi os endnu en gang til Wal-Mart for at købe ind til huset.. Det tog os 3 timer... 

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After our first two nights at the hotel we checked out and spent the day in Downtown Miami. First we spent a few hours at the beach, and then we went on to a nice little restaurant with Wi-Fi, so we could solve our apartment problem. 

At this time the 22 people had gone down to 15 - but people were getting close to arriving in Miami - and we were once again without a place to stay!

After a nice lunch and an intensive search it finally happened!

We found a small house - a good way out of Miami Downtown and South Beach, but we could squeeze everybody in there, the price was reasonable, and most importantly it was FREE - so we booked it!

We could check-in the night after, so we stayed one more night in our little hotel room after strolling the streets of Miami Downtown and specifically Lincoln Road, which is the busiest and most touristy place in entire Miami. 

The next day (the 29th) it was one of the guys' birthday and we celebrated with a really nice boat trip.

We went on a 60-70 feet catamaran and went all the way out to the ocean and back just sailing! We then went in to the bay where we could snorkel and swim. Unfortunately the weather and water was too grey to see anything, but it was a great trip and also a great way to celebrate a birthday and the fact that we now had an apartment :-)

After the trip we went out to our new home for the next couple of days - in Little Haiti.. And now some of you who know Miami are probably thinking "Little Haiti"?!?! 

This area of the town is known as being one of the worst in Miami (but we didn't know that when we booked it)... - and I will hurry to say that we all made it home safely!

After checking in we again rushed to Wal-Mart to shop for the apartment... We spent 3 hours in Wal-Mart that night...