August 6 2010 - How to get to the Airport

Hey there,

Today was the day that Fabienne flew back home:(

We got up, finished packing her stuff, and one of my bags that she would take with her and went to Starbucks.

Two of the guys that knew we were there everyday for the last week were working this morning which made the whole complain thing easier. We asked for the manager, unfortunately they told us that he would not be in till tomorrow. They did however asked us if they could help us. We explained, they understood, gave us the money we had payed too much back and gave us each a voucher for a free drink. No stupid comments or anything. That is how Starbucks usually is, if the customer is not happy, they make it right. They also told us that there had been other problems with the guy before.

We ordered our breakfast and sat down. After a little while ??? (that's not really his name but he reminded us of one of the guys in the movie yesterday so we just call him that now) came over and gave us a card. He said it looked like we were leaving town (he saw all the bags) and that it would be good if we would call the store tomorrow morning to tell the manager what had happened. I told him that I was staying in Miami and that I was gonna come in in the morning anyway.

After this, we walked for about 15 Minutes to find the bus that would take us to the airport. We failed. Another bus came buy though and we asked the driver where we could find the one we needed. He told us to get on his bus and he would drop us off at the right stop. He did not eve make us pay for the fare. Awesome!
We finally made it to the right bus stop but no bus was coming. We waited more than half an hour till it finally appeared around the corner. Luckily we had calculated enough time to get to the airport and when we got there we still had more than enough time. Fabienne checked in and dropped off her bags. Then we walked to the next Starbucks we found in order to use the vouchers we had gotten yesterday. They can be used for any drink of any size, so we ordered a venti chai tea latte aka Christmas in a cup and a venti cappuccino. It was the first time Fabienne and me had a venti. So we sat and talked and killed time people watching. When it was time to go through security we still had one stop to make, Dunkin Donuts. Sweet treats to take home.

We said our goodbyes and I waited till she was through security before going back to catch a bus to South Beach. On the way I made my plan for the night. These 4 girls were still in my room and I was assuming that the whole walking in and out of the room with food and alcohol etc was going to happen again tonight. Honestly, as long as my stuff stays where it is, I really don't care what is going on but I do not need to be there for it. So back in the city, I walked around the mall till I got to the cinema where I bought a ticket for the new Step up movie that had just come out today. It's in 3D and I bought the 10.30 showing so the girls in my room would be gone (to whichever club by the time I got back). Then I walked back to the hostel, took a shower and ate dinner, followed by sitting at Starbucks blogging until it was time to go to the movie theater again.

The movie was great and the 3D thing made it even better. When I got back to the hostel at about 1 am, the girls were all out :)

xoxo