ellinorontheroad.blogg.se - 10th week - Revisit at Sawgrass Mills, Thunderstorm, Aventura Mall among other!

Another week has come to an ends and at this moment it's only 3 weeks until I'm back in Sweden. It feels unreal, but will probably feel even more unreal when I actually will go to the airport. But that's not yet! I'm enjoying every single moment in Miami <3

This week started off with some shopping!

Finished Monday's classes at 11, then me and my three roommates Margot, Fosca and Anna went to Sawgrass Mills. The rain was pouring down, so it felt like a good day to do some shopping. We found a lot of good deals this day. There's one store called Century 21, which is a huge outlet with a lot of different brands like Michael Kors, Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein with others. I found for example a Levis Jacket for 35$, which is very cheap ;-) So some good deals came with me back home. We paid a visit to the Michael Kors shop where me and Margot find a nice knitted sweater, luckily they had both our sizes so we could go home with one each. Found a nice handbag and a wallet to. Some money were spent this day, but at least we saved money by spending less since there were such good deals ;-) We spent almost 8 hours there... Time just flew away, as always when you're having fun! We got back to school around 11 pm, and by then we had become very tired so no more action that night.

Tuesday was a typical school day. Had classes until 5 pm. But this day a huge thunderstorm came in and made some noise. Thunder, lightning and heavy rain. A ordinary summer in Miami Beach. So since it was raining like crazy, I spent the evening indoors watching series.

Wednesday seemed to have better weather, at least to start with. Finished class at 12:35, then I went to the beach with Margot and Anna. The sea was beautiful, clean and clear. The sun was shining on a blue sky for a moment until a huge black cloud came closer and closer to the beach. It was such a great contrast between the colours. I'll put in a picture fir you guys to see. But only a slight rain came in, then it disappeared. So as soon the rain stopped I went on an hour run to finish the day in a good way.

Like every Thursday I didn't start school until 12:45 so I had some free time before noon. So after breakfast I went to the gym to do my usual workout. The weather was great so I hurried back and had some time left to enjoy the beach for a while with my roommates. After class me, Fosca and Margot went for a walk along the beach to reach Lincoln road to do some errands. It was a beautiful evening, clear sky. We visited some stores and got some souvernirs and also tried a frozen yoghurt at a place called Yogen Fruz. You fill your own cup with whatever flavour or topping you want and then pay for the weight. It was very good! I have walked along that street many times now but never thought about this place. But I'm sure I'll have the time to revisit ;-)

On Friday we had another speaking test and this time I got 4,5/5! which is about 90%! I was so happy. Later on we got back our writings from a test earlier in the week, which I got 100% on! Feels super! I just hope that I will keep the same level on the real examination. All these tasks are part of our preparation and we had many. But it seems to get better and better so I have high hope about my result in the real one. So I left class with a big smile and finally felt that my work is paying off. After lunch I went to the beach and met up with 2 of my roommates. Spent 2 hours in the sun, it was a beautiful day! Then I went inside and skyped with me family for a while. In the evening me, Margot and Anna went to a French restaurant at 5th Washington Ave to treat ourselves with a nice dinner. I tried the Filét Mignon after recommendation from Margot, who's from France. It was so good....had also a perfect glass of red wine with it. Felt like heaven. We are not allowed to bring any alcoholic beverages to school, even if we're way over 21...so the only time I actually drink any alcohol is if we go out or have a nice dinner out. So we had a great evening together, I really like my roommates, we get along very well and we're all very like-minded. Since Anna were going to Orlando the next morning and I had some work at the check-out, we went home after dinner. Save the clubbing for another night ;-)

After "kicking out" some students, not literally, I had some brunch with Margot. Then we decided to go to Aventura Mall, after recommendation. It's another huge mall north from Miami Beach, about an hour by bus. I had been informed that they have a lot of stores that provides with bigger sizes in shoes, and shoes is something I never find at home so I thought it could be a good idea to go there. And yes they had lots, but didn't find any sandals, as planned, instead I went back with 2 pairs of boots that will be useful when the autumn and winter arrives in Sweden. We came back home around 8pm and had sonme dinner. Then we were quite tired, and both Fosca and Anna were out of town, so me and Margot stayed in our room and I watched a movie before going to bed. So just a chill Saturday night.

One of the pairs I found :-)

Today I woke up when the cleaning lady came in around 9:30 am to empty the garbage. So I forced myself up and went to the gym. Sundaymornings are nice day to go there because it's almost empty and there's lots of time before they open brunch in the cafeteria 10:45. So I did my workout and then went back to school. After brunch I skyped with my parents and my brother for a while and also had time for a Skypesession with my two dear friends Lovisa and Stina, misses them a lot. But hopefully we will have a reunion in Gothenburg this fall! There are so many people I look forward to meet again when I get home and also just to be able to call and know that it's the same time where they are and not a 6 hour difference. At 2:30 I went to do my last airport greeter-duty. Spent almost 5 hours this time, instead of 7 like last week. Tried Tacobell for dinner this time, not as good as I was expecting actually, but at least now I've tried one of the typical fastfood-restaurants they have in the US. Got back at school just before 9pm and will not do anything else tonight.

Upcoming week will be more exciting! On Tuesday I'm going to the Guns N Roses concert with Fosca, Thursday american football game and then weekend in Key West! Can't wait! Gonna be soo much fun! :-)

Ellinor