Henrik in Seattle

Florida in bullets

March 25th, 2006

Trying to tell you everything that happened during my and Markus trip to Florida would probably take way too looong time, so I decided to just give you the "highlights".

Before/during/after our trip to/in/from Florida I/we…

• had to pack our suitcase in pitch black, since our house lost electricity a few hours before we should leave.
• rented a yellow car where cruise control was a standard feature, but not power windows or central lock.
• had a funny looking mustache the whole week.
• visited a drive-through safari park.
• bathed in huge waves.
• had different kinds of breakfast ranging from bread bought in a super market to a real American breakfast with scrambled eggs, bacon, pancaces with syrup and everything.
• visited Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral and seen huge rockets, real launch pads and more.
• spent a lot of time in our car.
• eaten at the world's largest McDonalds.
• seen an up-side-down pyramid (it was a shopping center).
• visited lots of cities/towns.
• driven through even more cities/towns.
• spent a lot of money.
• failed to find a motel with vacant rooms, which ment that we had to sleep in the car. Twice.
• watched a hockey game between Florida Panthers and Washington Capitals.
• been a part of the intermission entertainment after the first period; I, Markus and four other people played a three-on-three ice hockey game with seriously over-sized sticks on the ice in front of thousands of people.
• been stuck in numerous traffic jams.
• visited the huge national park called the Everglades.
• seen lots of aligators.
• learned at aligators have really small brains, and what you're supposed to do if you're stuck in the water with an aligator and can't get out of the water.
• had an airboat ride (through a swamp with aligators).
• had a python snake around my neck.
• been to a Head Automatica concert plus three other bands.
• again, found no motel and tried to sleep in a closed state park, but got chased out by a cop.
• got lost with our car in a luxury house area.
• swam at two different beaches in Miami, including the famous South Beach.
• taken a lot of pictures (128 in fact, exactly what my memory card could hold).
• flew to Atlanta, and then on to Seattle in first class, as a thank you for volonteering to stay in Atlanta if needed.
• came home at about 2am totally exhausted, and slept till 2pm totally ignoring my [sleeping rules->Sleeping rules].

All in all, I think I can say that it has been a really fun but also intense week. Really glad I did it, but glad to be back home.

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