The final day in Miami Beach I spent mainly in the hostel
taking advantage of the good Wi-Fi connection. I had a few work related things
to take care of and finally I also got the blog online and stories and pictures
of the first 17 days uploaded. Only the about page still needs a little bit of
work. At 11 am I also had to check out and return the keys of the room but I
could still stay in the lobby of the hostel. In the lobby I also met two guys
from Denmark that were on a 5 months U.S. round trip by bike. They had started
about a month and a half ago in New York and had biked all the way down to
Miami, next they were heading to Georgia, Texas and Arizona. Their final
destination was Los Angeles. It was really interesting and entertaining
listening to their stories. Around 1 pm I finally left the hostel, I didn’t
want to part take in the free lunch anymore because I was no longer a guest.
Instead I went out for lunch. After lunch I went for a last time to the beach.
The temperature was almost 40 degrees Celsius and I couldn’t endure the heat
too long. After about an hour I left the beach and returned to the hostel just
to cool down a bit in the lobby. I still did a little bit of work and by 3.30
pm I started leaving the hostel after I had claimed my bag that I had left in
the storage room. I took bus C to the Omni bus station across the bridge in
Downtown Miami. The ride took about half an hour. At the bus station I had to
wait about 20 minutes until bus 32 showed up. I rode bus 32 for about 1 hour
and got finally off at 32 NW and 97
th Street. From there I had to
walk about 10 blocks to the west in order to reach my Air B’n’B accommodation.
It was about 6 pm when I arrived at the house. The Air B’n’B was located in an
typical American neighborhood not too far from the Amtrak station, one of the
reasons I had moved from Miami Beach to Miami for the last two nights. I had a
very early departure on Sunday morning and it would have been impossible to get
by any other means of transportation than a very expensive cab ride to the
station at that time. Also I wanted to be closer to Downtown Miami in order to spend
time there as well. Arriving at the house I met a guy from Austria who was also
staying in the same house. He had been traveling around the East Coast and the South-East
part of the U.S. for one month and was flying back to Europe the next day. We
still had to wait a little while for our host but the time went fast as we had
so many interesting stories to share. Our host was very nice and welcoming, she
immediately offered us cold drinks. Together with the Austrian guy I went to
the nearby supermarket to get some food for the evening. After we had returned
to the house we met a few other people that were also staying at the house. It
got a bit crowded and I was glad that I had my own room and bathroom with
separate entrance in the backyard. Also staying in the house was a French
professor who had lived in Miami for many years and was visiting his kids in
Miami. He was kind of local and gave a lot of great advice what to see in Miami
and where to go. This was very useful for me and also an Italian girl that was
staying at the house as well, visiting Miami. We had some lively discussions
about traveling and Miami in the living room until it was time to go to bed.
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