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  • 16.08.1999

    After our first night in Miami we had to see the famous beach. It really looked like in the movies, but the water was soooo warm! We hoped to get a bit of a cooling cause it was still very hot, but no. We felt like swimming in a big bath tub.

    In spite of suncream with a very high SPF I looked like a cancer after just about 20 minutes at the beach – welcome to Sunburn State!

    sunburn state

    welcome to sunburn state

    In the evening our skates had their first use. We were exploring a small part of Miami Beach on eight rolls – partly along the sandy beach, amazing! – and went back to bed after our three hour evening workout.

    As we forgot to make a reservation for that night at the Tropics we had to change our accomodation and slept at the Clay Hotel. It’s presumed that a part of Al Capones syndicate had been in that house in the 1920s.

    2009.08.16 / no responses / Category: Around the world

  • 15.08.1999

    10 years ago the big trip startet at 10:40 a.m.

    Our first flight was from Frankfurt to Chicago O’Hare and although I was terribly excited it was quite OK. I was a bit disappointed because the planes I knew from the movies looked so much bigger and I never heard any noise. But reality was obviously different ….

    At Chicago we had to change the plane – and had just 1,5 hours to do so. Well, we succeeded and were very proud of it :D
    After a short delay (problems with the plane’s engine, yeah!) we could finally fly to the city where our America trip should start: Miami.

    At about 7 p.m. we arrived at the airport – without any idea where we should spend the night. Yeah, we were very organized ;)
    But we found a place to sleep: The Tropics Hotel/Hostel at Miami Beach.

    So much for our first day, it was exciting, I had my first two flights and Miami was HOT! About 30°C in the evening ….

    2009.08.15 / no responses / Category: Around the world

  • 10 years ago ….

    …. I was excited like never before. It was the night before my first flight and my first visit of Northern America.
    Tanja (the friend I traveled with) and I had the crazy idea to take our inline skates with us. So I tried to combine skating and carrying my 28kg backpack. It didn’t work, of course. I fell over and landed on my butt. But somehow it had to work and so about a quarter of my backpack was filled by the skates.
    It was a good decision to take them around with us, but more on that later ….

    It was a very short night as I – as always – started packing just the night before my departure. But so I didn’t have to think about the upcoming first flight into a continent so far away from home.

    But in spite of all those fears I had 10 years ago I’m thankful for having had the courage to that adventure :)

    2009.08.14 / no responses / Category: Around the world

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