First Day of trip!

My first day of my trip was a success!  Even if they had me flying northeast before heading south!  Strange way they set up flights!!  First, they had me land in Washington DC, then on to Florida.  When we were landing in DC, when I looked out at the city, all I could see were cars' headlights or taillights all over the place!  There must have been hundreds of thousands people there today for the concert and whatever else was happening there today!  The flight attendant told me the airport had been very very busy yesterday and today and they were anticipating an even worse day tomorrow!  I can believe it!

Then, when I got to FL, it was so nice to get off the plane and go thru the jetway thingy, because I could feel the warmth!  It was 69F in Ft Lauderdale!!  I had left in 32F and snowy weather to come where it was  nice and warm!!  Yippee! 

I am staying in a little hostel I found last year.  Only 25.00 a night here and the owner is a very very nice man!  You meet all sorts of people here, because it is crew quarters for the cruise ships along with people who are just here for a while working or even backpackers traveling.  So after I got here, about 10:30pm or so, I sat outside in the courtyard for a while talking to the other people who were out there.  2 from England (one of them a girl who works for Royal Caribbean cruise line), 2 from "down under" and a young man from New Jersey.  They were very nice and quite friendly, although the 2 Aussies were pretty drunk and slightly funny with it!

I am in a 4 bed female dorm, but this one is separated into 2 bedrooms, much better than last year, where all 4 of us were in one room.  I really like it here.  It's a nice clean place and not very noisy after about 11:30 pm.  Jorge, the owner, keeps it pretty much under control.  Last year, I was here 3 days before the cruise and 1 day after, because of the flights I had.  So, I was able to enjoy it more.  I sort of wished I had come down a day earlier now, to really relax and have time before my cruise!

That's all for now!  Will post again tomorrow (today)!