Miami Beach!

Our trip started off where most of them tend do to - at the airport. We showed up with plenty of time before the flight. After checking in we were put in a pre-lineup for US customs. Yes, we lined up in order to line up. It was a holding area for everyone who shows up at the recommended time before the flight. We were only permitted to enter the linup for customs one hour before the scheduled take off time. So everyone is somehow expected to go through customs, security check, get to the gate, on the plane and have the plane take off in under an hour. Simply rediculous. Everyone was freaking out because we were all convinced we would all miss our flights. Well, luckily we got to the gate just as they said last call for our flight. However I don't know how many times that announced that before I got there. I asked the check in attendant and she said that at 15 minutes before the scheduled take off time only 60% of the people had boarded the plane! The flight ended up being delayed so I think everyone made the flight, but US customs really managed to put the fun in dysfunctional. We arrived in Miami and got to our hostel in South Beach. We walked around and saw the fancy restaurants lining Ocean Dr. We saw the Jewish Museum of Florida which was right next to the hostel and went to the beach to play Frisbee. The temperature must have been 30 degrees Celsius - and that was the temperature of the water! We had a nice dinner at a Brazilian restaurant and then headed out for the night in South Beach