Our alarm was set to 3.30am, but I actually woke up at 2.45am. My good friend Rosa was kind enough to take us the airport at the crack of dawn. I was a little panicky about leaving my apartment because I knew I’d be gone for a month, and needed to make sure no electric appliances were on etc.
Our bags were packed and we got in the car. There wasn’t a lot of traffic at that hour, so we got to the airport quickly. We did our check-in and walked around the airport for like 45 minutes. Satu, Sarita and I were exhausted and kept telling ourselves we should be on the move unless we wanted to fall asleep.
Our first flight was a Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt, Germany. The flight was fine, I could not fall asleep, but Satu passed out as soon as we sat down lol. I had never been to the Frankfurt airport and I was a little worried because we only had an hour-long layover there. However, we had no problems and made it to our next flight.
I have done intercontinental flights, but the girls had never been on one, so it was fun watching them get excited over the pillows and blankets we were given. They were SUPER excited about the personal entertainment systems we had, and immediately found films and music they were interested in. We all love Taylor Swift and were very happy to discover that her newest album, 1989, was available on our flight. The food on our flight was surprisingly good, they had pasta and chicken, I think. The plane had two floors, I have never seen a plane like that before. It was good, because I wanted to move around a lot and ended up having a stretching session upstairs haha.
We landed in Miami around 2.30pm. It took us about an hour to get through border control. It was quite slow, even though they had those machines where you do your “check-in” (idk what it’s called). Our friend Josie had arrived at around 2pm and was waiting for us. We hadn’t realized how big the airport was, so it took us ages to find each other. It took so long that we decided to stay and wait for our friend Laureen, whose flight got in at like 4pm. We saw Laureen and then tried to find a cab that would fit 5 people and all our suitcases. Satu spotted an available cab and we jumped in. The driver took us to our hotel and only charged $35 for it! That was quite cheap, even with the $5 tip we gave him.
We had booked our hotel (Wynwood South Beach Hotel) through Hotels.com, and their site said the check-in for the hotel should be done at a different location than the actual hotel. We went there and we were told the check-in would actually be where our hotel is. That was annoying, considering the cab could’ve dropped us off there if we had known that beforehand… Well, we walked to the hotel (which was on the same street, thankfully) and had to wait quite a while before we could check in, because the receptionist was on a phone call. There was no A/C either, so I was getting kinda impatient.
Laureen took this, this is where our hotel was.
We got the keys to our room and went in. Our room had two queen sized beds and a sofa bed that slept two. I called the biggest bed, because I was gonna share with Aaron, our only guy haha. Laureen and Josie took the sofa bed, and Satu and Sarita shared the last available bed. We had a little kitchen with a microwave and a kettle, but the only cups we had were plastic cups which were not good for hot drinks. Our bathroom was decent, but the shower/tub was horrible. I took a short shower (which for me is 10 mins) and by the time I was done showering, the water in the tub was up to my ankles. Also the water pressure was non-existant, so it took a while to get clean.
The room was quite cheap, so we didn’t really have a lot of expectations for it. Satu was happy because there were no bed bugs. The reviews for the hotel said there were ants, but we didn’t see any. We kept our sugary food in the fridge to avoid those pesky ants though. The only thing that really bothered me in the room was the lack of sound-proofing. The windows were thin, and our kitchen window was cracked. I had a hard time falling asleep due to our noisy neighbors and the noise coming from the beach. But I guess that if you want a room that is quiet, you should not book a hotel on the beach and maybe make sure your room isn’t on the ground floor… Anyway, I learned how to sleep because I just had to, lol.
After settling into the hotel, we ventured out to find food. I wanted to go to a place called Burgerfi, but Sarita called it “just another McDonalds” lol, so we ended up going to the Mexican (Pepper’s Authentic Mexican) restaurant next door. I had a veggie burrito and it was good, but nothing special. I was hungry though so I inhaled it. After food Satu wasn’t feeling too good, so she went back to the hotel as we went for a walk. It was cool seeing the beach at night, but man, there are a lot of crazies out there. We walked to CVS to get some water, sunscreen and bug spray (for Mexico). Sarita and I bought these “100 dollar” lookalike towels, 2 for $20, because we had forgotten our beach towels at home. After that we just went to the hotel and went to bed. Aaron came to the hotel later that night, and I think I talked to him when he came but I am not sure lol.
Sarita took this great photo of me.
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