Till now my travel was smooth. I sat next to a women from Spain on the flight from Berlin to London so we ended up talking about traveling, music and South America mostly in Spanish which was a good start for me, but also reminded me of my limited ability to communicate (understanding works quite well though) compared to English.

On the flight to Miami I unfortunately did not get the seat I booked but a window seat which was nice to get an overview of the Miami area, but a little bit unconfortable as it is more difficult to just get up and take a walk. I had ordered a vegetarian meal which usually is better than the standard meals in my experience and also in this case. The “special meal” passengers got their food before the regular meal was served and it was really good. Unfortunately 10 hours don’t pass that quickly so I read half of the book “My Exile Lifestyle” from Colling Wright. My thoughts about it are covered in this blog post.

Generally the flights till now were better than I had expected, the British Airways staff was really nice on both flights and I did not leave the plane hungry 🙂

It is 20:30 in Miami right now. We arrived from London early, but the passport check took about an hour. Afterwards I actually wanted to go searching a geocache, but as soon as I went outside I had to admit that idea was a bit to spontaneous. Although the area is nice, there are steets and cars everywhere and it is pretty impossible to leave the airport walking.
So I just sat outside for a few minutes enjoying the 30°C and afterwards took the Miami Mover (a train-like, automated bus) to the car rental center to get a little closer to downtown Miami.
There wasn’t much to see over there, leaving the trip itself (3 minutes) to be the main attraction. At this point I realized I would have to spend the remaining four hours differently and went searching for a wireless connectivity inside the airport. I ended up in the Miami International Airport Hotel Lobby with some food and drink from Starbucks (which was quite cheap compared to what else is available here at the airport) and no internet writing this blog post to submit it later (technically tomorrow) in Lima.