Hola again
Like I mentioned yesterday, Jacque's wedding is getting closer, in fact, it's only 10 days away. Meaning it was time to get the nails done. Honestly I am not the biggest fan of fake nails, which mainly has to do with the fact that they get in the way in the kitchen and of course also because back home it's like 4 times the price to get them done. I was looking forweard to have them done though. After 3 months of backpacking your nails usually look like crap so it was great to have them done while Melodye had a pedicure.
After that we stopped at Barnes and Nobles cause I still had to find the books for Melodye's birthday. Luckily they had them both and I think I was able to sneek them out without her seeing them.
We could both hear our stomach growling so we decided to have lunch at Wendy's.
Back home I checked mails and supprisingly found an answer from one of my mentors about my internship. If everything went her way I would have to start my internship on the 3rd of September which is the day I get back so there's no way I could do that. Still, I had been feeling a bit homesick so I decided to try and push my flight a day or two. Called the airline, unfortunately, they told me they could not do any changes on my ticket. To bad!
talk to you later
xoxo
Mittwoch, 18. August 2010
August 17 2010 - RELAX!!!!
Hello everyone
This morning i slept in of course, then went to the grocery store with Melodye. I love HEB, it's cool. I know I've been saying that a lot but I am still fascinated by American stores like HEB or Walmart! You're absolutely allowed to think I'm crazy :)
After that, back at home I started the computer and surfed for a long time. Mainly I was writing to all my teachers and mentors to figure out all my internships. The thing is, they always take forever to answer which makes the whole planning thing harder.
Of course now that I had access to a TV again and Jacque's wedding was getting closer and closer, I still was into the whole wedding thing so I watched Say yes to the dress again. They even have a show based in Atlanta now :)
This was a nice realxing day, I really enjoied it.
xoxo
This morning i slept in of course, then went to the grocery store with Melodye. I love HEB, it's cool. I know I've been saying that a lot but I am still fascinated by American stores like HEB or Walmart! You're absolutely allowed to think I'm crazy :)
After that, back at home I started the computer and surfed for a long time. Mainly I was writing to all my teachers and mentors to figure out all my internships. The thing is, they always take forever to answer which makes the whole planning thing harder.
Of course now that I had access to a TV again and Jacque's wedding was getting closer and closer, I still was into the whole wedding thing so I watched Say yes to the dress again. They even have a show based in Atlanta now :)
This was a nice realxing day, I really enjoied it.
xoxo
August 16 2010 - Really???
Hey there,
So I got up early cause I really like to be at the airport early cause you never know what happens right? So the shuttle was on time and I was at the airport at about 8am. My plane was supposed to leave at around 11am. I printed my boarding pass and then lined up to drop Olive off. While standing in the once again ridiculously (still dont know how to spell this) long line, I examined my ticket closer and realised something was wrong. I was supposed to get to San Antonio at around 3pm, my ticket however, said something more like 7pm. What the hell had happened?
When it finally was my turn at the counter the lady informed me that the flight had in fact been cancelled. Lucky me. I had to wait 6 hours for my next flight. At least there was a Starbucks, a McDonald and a bookstore so I survived. I got to Dallas on time and made my connection.
Once in San Antonio Melodye picked me up. Spent the evning chatting and then going to bed.
talk to you soon
xoxo
So I got up early cause I really like to be at the airport early cause you never know what happens right? So the shuttle was on time and I was at the airport at about 8am. My plane was supposed to leave at around 11am. I printed my boarding pass and then lined up to drop Olive off. While standing in the once again ridiculously (still dont know how to spell this) long line, I examined my ticket closer and realised something was wrong. I was supposed to get to San Antonio at around 3pm, my ticket however, said something more like 7pm. What the hell had happened?
When it finally was my turn at the counter the lady informed me that the flight had in fact been cancelled. Lucky me. I had to wait 6 hours for my next flight. At least there was a Starbucks, a McDonald and a bookstore so I survived. I got to Dallas on time and made my connection.
Once in San Antonio Melodye picked me up. Spent the evning chatting and then going to bed.
talk to you soon
xoxo
August 15 2010 - Heading Downtown
Hey there,
Slept in again. I'm leaving Orlando tomorrow and I'm really looking forward to it because the people I share a room with annoy me. I was in bed kind of early yesterday night and of course woke up when the 3 little Asian girls came home and turned the lights on, which really does not bother me but what I think is really disrespectful is when they don't even try to keep their voices down. The other thing is that as soon as they are all in bed, none of them wants to get up again to turn the lights off so when I woke up again at about 4 in the morning the lights were still on...
I went to Starbucks for breakfast and then took the bus to go to downtown Disney. The bus dropped me off at the Disney transportation center where I had to find another bus that goes downtown Disney. So Disney has its own bus system and the best thing is the buses are free. I finally found the bus stop where the bus I needed would leave.
I got Downtown 40 minutes later and spent the afternoon there.
On the bus ride back I had a long conversation with the bus driver, it was quite funny. Back at the hostel I crossed the street to go to target where I bought a cheap suitcase (I called here Olive :)) because my Johnny backpack was so broken. I guess I have too leave him behind in Orlando :(
I went to bed early cause the shuttle would be there to get me and bring me to the airport.
xoxo
Slept in again. I'm leaving Orlando tomorrow and I'm really looking forward to it because the people I share a room with annoy me. I was in bed kind of early yesterday night and of course woke up when the 3 little Asian girls came home and turned the lights on, which really does not bother me but what I think is really disrespectful is when they don't even try to keep their voices down. The other thing is that as soon as they are all in bed, none of them wants to get up again to turn the lights off so when I woke up again at about 4 in the morning the lights were still on...
I went to Starbucks for breakfast and then took the bus to go to downtown Disney. The bus dropped me off at the Disney transportation center where I had to find another bus that goes downtown Disney. So Disney has its own bus system and the best thing is the buses are free. I finally found the bus stop where the bus I needed would leave.
I got Downtown 40 minutes later and spent the afternoon there.
On the bus ride back I had a long conversation with the bus driver, it was quite funny. Back at the hostel I crossed the street to go to target where I bought a cheap suitcase (I called here Olive :)) because my Johnny backpack was so broken. I guess I have too leave him behind in Orlando :(
I went to bed early cause the shuttle would be there to get me and bring me to the airport.
xoxo
August 14 2010 - Sweet Nothing
Hello again,
After yesterday's post was quite long, today's will be quite short.
I slept in, or tried too anyways, it worked after the american lady had woken up and left. She snores like a steam locomotive.
The rest of the day I watched TV in the living/dining room and surfed the internet on my phone.
That was it, nothing spectacular but a very relaxing day.
xoxo
After yesterday's post was quite long, today's will be quite short.
I slept in, or tried too anyways, it worked after the american lady had woken up and left. She snores like a steam locomotive.
The rest of the day I watched TV in the living/dining room and surfed the internet on my phone.
That was it, nothing spectacular but a very relaxing day.
xoxo
August 13 2010 - The wizarding World of Harry Potter
Hey there,
So the reason why I decided to stop in Orlando again is simple. I wanted to go to the Harry Potter theme park that had opened about a month ago. I got up early so that I had enough time to spend there because I really did not want to be stressed in there.
Luckily two other girls from the hostel wanted to go to the Universal Studios too (that's the park where Harry Potter is located). That meant that we were enough people to get the hostel shuttle to drive us there. The same couple as last year runs the hostel by the way, however, they do not bring their dog Tiffany to work anymore. By shuttle it took us about half an hour to get there, by bus it would have taken about two hours!!!
Universal Studios are divided into two parks. There's the Universal Studio park and the Island of Adventure park. I bought a ticket for the Island of Adventure. These two parks contain different little parks. The Island of adventure has Jurassic Park, and The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in it among others. The two other girls bought a park hopper ticket which allows them to visit both parks on the same day. I had seen the actual Universal Studios in Los Angeles and did not need to see it again.
After buying the ticket from a guy who now thinks that I am crazy because I asked him everything like 5 times because I was just unable to understand him, I went in and went straight to the Harry Potter section because honestly, that's why I was there.
When I walked into "Hogsmeade" I could have cried because it looks just sooooooooo awesome and soooooooooooooo real. I felt like I was walking on the movie set. Everything was there, Honeydukes, Zonkos, Olivanders, the 3 broomsticks, the hogshead, the train station with the Hogwarts Express and of course, towering over everything, the Hogwarts castle. It was just beyond amazing, they really did an amazing job creating this!
The first ride I went on was the dragon challenge. The line was long, i stood there for about an hour but it was worth it. It's a fast rollercoaster, so fast that they make you hold your shoes in your hands cause they could fly off your feet :)
I wanted to check out the stores next but you even had to stand in line for that so I postponed that. Instead, I went into the castle. There is another ride in the castle and the line was long again, however, I learned that there is a single rider line that is way faster. Every time a seat is free, they take someone from that line to fill up all the carts. I only waited about 15 minutes but even if I had had to wait longer it would have been worth it. This ride was amazing. I was flying above Hogwarts castle, playing in a Quidditch game, escaping dragons etc. really really awesome!!!
It was time to taste the Harry Potter food now so I stood in line to go to Honeydukes to buy a chocolate frog and Berty Botts every-flavour beans. Then I bought a bottle of pumpkin juice and stood in another line to get a butter beer. With my provisions in hand I left the busy Harry Potter World to find a quiet place to eat. I decided to go back to Harry Potter later that afternoon hoping that less people would be there then.
I found a spot at the entrance to Jurassic Park and started to eat. Let me tell you, Pumkin juice is disgusting but butter beer is even more disgusting. I could not even finish it!
Anyway, I spent the next 3 hours of the day in the rest of the park going on rides like the Spider Man ride, Poseidon's fury or the Popeye water ride.
Then I went back to Harry Potter. I still had to check out all the stores. Let me tell you, they then absolutely great. All the important details are there, it's really like being in the books!
I also wanted to go on the Hippogryphe ride but it is an outdoor ride and lightning and some thunder were going on then so they had to stop the ride. The one in the castle was still open though cause it is an indoor ride so I went back there.
People who were in front of me asked the guy working there if they could go into the single rider lane. He said that if they did they wouldn't get to see the whole castle. I did not know until then that there is more to see so I decided not to go into the single rider lane this time.
Turns out it was a good decision because there is a whole lot to see in that castle.
They have the magic mirror there, the statue that leads to a secret pathway, they have the defense against the dark arts class room with hologramms of Harry Ron and Hermione who talk to you, there's also Dumbledore's office to visit and also the Gryffindor common room and all the pictures are moving and talking, it's just amazing.
After that it was about 8.00pm already. I had done and seen everything I wanted to but I still had 2 hours till Dawn (the girl from the hostel) would pick us up. I left the park and hit the universal city walk where I spent some time at Starbucks and then had late dinner at Panda Express. The last 45 Minutes I spent in front of a stage where a band was playing cover songs. They were very good and it was a lot of fun. And that's how this AWESOME day ended.
that's it for now
xoxo
So the reason why I decided to stop in Orlando again is simple. I wanted to go to the Harry Potter theme park that had opened about a month ago. I got up early so that I had enough time to spend there because I really did not want to be stressed in there.
Luckily two other girls from the hostel wanted to go to the Universal Studios too (that's the park where Harry Potter is located). That meant that we were enough people to get the hostel shuttle to drive us there. The same couple as last year runs the hostel by the way, however, they do not bring their dog Tiffany to work anymore. By shuttle it took us about half an hour to get there, by bus it would have taken about two hours!!!
Universal Studios are divided into two parks. There's the Universal Studio park and the Island of Adventure park. I bought a ticket for the Island of Adventure. These two parks contain different little parks. The Island of adventure has Jurassic Park, and The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in it among others. The two other girls bought a park hopper ticket which allows them to visit both parks on the same day. I had seen the actual Universal Studios in Los Angeles and did not need to see it again.
After buying the ticket from a guy who now thinks that I am crazy because I asked him everything like 5 times because I was just unable to understand him, I went in and went straight to the Harry Potter section because honestly, that's why I was there.
When I walked into "Hogsmeade" I could have cried because it looks just sooooooooo awesome and soooooooooooooo real. I felt like I was walking on the movie set. Everything was there, Honeydukes, Zonkos, Olivanders, the 3 broomsticks, the hogshead, the train station with the Hogwarts Express and of course, towering over everything, the Hogwarts castle. It was just beyond amazing, they really did an amazing job creating this!
The first ride I went on was the dragon challenge. The line was long, i stood there for about an hour but it was worth it. It's a fast rollercoaster, so fast that they make you hold your shoes in your hands cause they could fly off your feet :)
I wanted to check out the stores next but you even had to stand in line for that so I postponed that. Instead, I went into the castle. There is another ride in the castle and the line was long again, however, I learned that there is a single rider line that is way faster. Every time a seat is free, they take someone from that line to fill up all the carts. I only waited about 15 minutes but even if I had had to wait longer it would have been worth it. This ride was amazing. I was flying above Hogwarts castle, playing in a Quidditch game, escaping dragons etc. really really awesome!!!
It was time to taste the Harry Potter food now so I stood in line to go to Honeydukes to buy a chocolate frog and Berty Botts every-flavour beans. Then I bought a bottle of pumpkin juice and stood in another line to get a butter beer. With my provisions in hand I left the busy Harry Potter World to find a quiet place to eat. I decided to go back to Harry Potter later that afternoon hoping that less people would be there then.
I found a spot at the entrance to Jurassic Park and started to eat. Let me tell you, Pumkin juice is disgusting but butter beer is even more disgusting. I could not even finish it!
Anyway, I spent the next 3 hours of the day in the rest of the park going on rides like the Spider Man ride, Poseidon's fury or the Popeye water ride.
Then I went back to Harry Potter. I still had to check out all the stores. Let me tell you, they then absolutely great. All the important details are there, it's really like being in the books!
I also wanted to go on the Hippogryphe ride but it is an outdoor ride and lightning and some thunder were going on then so they had to stop the ride. The one in the castle was still open though cause it is an indoor ride so I went back there.
People who were in front of me asked the guy working there if they could go into the single rider lane. He said that if they did they wouldn't get to see the whole castle. I did not know until then that there is more to see so I decided not to go into the single rider lane this time.
Turns out it was a good decision because there is a whole lot to see in that castle.
They have the magic mirror there, the statue that leads to a secret pathway, they have the defense against the dark arts class room with hologramms of Harry Ron and Hermione who talk to you, there's also Dumbledore's office to visit and also the Gryffindor common room and all the pictures are moving and talking, it's just amazing.
After that it was about 8.00pm already. I had done and seen everything I wanted to but I still had 2 hours till Dawn (the girl from the hostel) would pick us up. I left the park and hit the universal city walk where I spent some time at Starbucks and then had late dinner at Panda Express. The last 45 Minutes I spent in front of a stage where a band was playing cover songs. They were very good and it was a lot of fun. And that's how this AWESOME day ended.
that's it for now
xoxo
August 11 2010 - Last Minute Shopping
Hello you all
So this was already my last day in Miami. Where did I start it? Yep, at Starbucks again. Did you expect something else? Well first I did sleep in again. I did wake up around 7.00am because Anna and Dana woke up realizing that they had not heard their alarm and were missing their trip to Key West. They made like 10 phone calls and somehow they got the tour company to make the bus turn around and pick them up. I fell back asleep and then went to Starbucks with Sonja and back at the hostel I went to bed again for a while.
Oskar and Sonja were planing to go to the beach today with the English guys and I said I would join them later but first I had to go downtown Miami cause I had to get my Hard Rock Cafe Shirt before leaving without it like last year. Of course it took forever to get there. First I wanted to walk cause on the map it did not look like it was a very long way, and it really wasn't the problem is, there are no freaking sidewalks in this country and I was not keen on walking along the highway. So I switched to the bus after 20 minutes of walking. I did get there though and I got my shirt. The Hard Rock Cafe is in a kind of mall thing right on the sea. I spent almost the whole afternoon there. They have a lot of funky little stores there that I visited.
When I got back to the hostel, it was already almost 4pm and I did not want to go to the beach. Oskar was still at the hostel. He had a really bad hangover from last night and spent all day lying around Bad Girls Club wasn't even on so he must really have felt bad :) I took a shower and then took a nap too.
Anna and Dana came back around 7pm with subway sandwiches which reminded me that I was hungry too. So I decided to go to Subway and Oskar decided to leave the dark room and come with. So we had dinner and then started to get ready to go to Mansion, one of the biggest clubs in Miami.
Unfortunately Dana and Anna did not get in again. The night was fun. I also got to meet th two Swiss guys Sonja and Oskar had met in New York and they are from the same area from where I am too. Somehow I lost everybody at one point though and when I got back to the hostel they were all asleep already. It was really a long day but really a good one. I am really sad to leave tomorrow cause I met all these nice people and it would have been fun to spend more time with them. Anyway, that's it for now.
xoxo
So this was already my last day in Miami. Where did I start it? Yep, at Starbucks again. Did you expect something else? Well first I did sleep in again. I did wake up around 7.00am because Anna and Dana woke up realizing that they had not heard their alarm and were missing their trip to Key West. They made like 10 phone calls and somehow they got the tour company to make the bus turn around and pick them up. I fell back asleep and then went to Starbucks with Sonja and back at the hostel I went to bed again for a while.
Oskar and Sonja were planing to go to the beach today with the English guys and I said I would join them later but first I had to go downtown Miami cause I had to get my Hard Rock Cafe Shirt before leaving without it like last year. Of course it took forever to get there. First I wanted to walk cause on the map it did not look like it was a very long way, and it really wasn't the problem is, there are no freaking sidewalks in this country and I was not keen on walking along the highway. So I switched to the bus after 20 minutes of walking. I did get there though and I got my shirt. The Hard Rock Cafe is in a kind of mall thing right on the sea. I spent almost the whole afternoon there. They have a lot of funky little stores there that I visited.
When I got back to the hostel, it was already almost 4pm and I did not want to go to the beach. Oskar was still at the hostel. He had a really bad hangover from last night and spent all day lying around Bad Girls Club wasn't even on so he must really have felt bad :) I took a shower and then took a nap too.
Anna and Dana came back around 7pm with subway sandwiches which reminded me that I was hungry too. So I decided to go to Subway and Oskar decided to leave the dark room and come with. So we had dinner and then started to get ready to go to Mansion, one of the biggest clubs in Miami.
Unfortunately Dana and Anna did not get in again. The night was fun. I also got to meet th two Swiss guys Sonja and Oskar had met in New York and they are from the same area from where I am too. Somehow I lost everybody at one point though and when I got back to the hostel they were all asleep already. It was really a long day but really a good one. I am really sad to leave tomorrow cause I met all these nice people and it would have been fun to spend more time with them. Anyway, that's it for now.
xoxo
Abonnieren
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