Well folks, me and the Mrs HB, got on one of them Spirit flights Wednesday morning over to Santiago International. It was cool. We checked in, breezed through Immigration and the "machines". You have to wonder, since I forgot RD$75 pesos in metalic coin in my little change pocket in my jeans...no bells went off.
Anyway, we had some $3 dollare coffee (you read that right"Three Dollars". )
And waited.
There was a body search...quick, no playing with the junk...before we got on the plane.
The flight was called early and we were on the plane at 3:30 a/m but we had to wait for some silly witch (I am being nice here) to get her ass on the plane before could take off.
Flight was nice and smooth. The landing was greased...one of the best ever. US ICE was quite nice and customs was non existant. All in all great, until I went outside to see if my daughter was there. Jaysus H. Keerayst! It was frreezing cold, near 32 F with a breeze...man oh man...
It has gotten a bit warmer but these insulated Florida houses keep the cold in, so it is warmer outside today that it is inside.
Culture shock is present, of course. The wide streets, 6 lanes, with stoplights ( four, five and six lights in each direction. No way you can say "I didn't see the light"...you'd have to be freakin' blind!!) that work and drivers that move when the light changes and nobody stoping to chat with a compadre on the side of the road...
Tomorrow, we venture to Sawgrass...
I am gonna make an apple pie, cook a rib-eye, and bake some potatoes...
and see who comes to dinner tonight.
Talk to all y' alls later,
HB from Florida, USA
Anyway, we had some $3 dollare coffee (you read that right"Three Dollars". )
And waited.
There was a body search...quick, no playing with the junk...before we got on the plane.
The flight was called early and we were on the plane at 3:30 a/m but we had to wait for some silly witch (I am being nice here) to get her ass on the plane before could take off.
Flight was nice and smooth. The landing was greased...one of the best ever. US ICE was quite nice and customs was non existant. All in all great, until I went outside to see if my daughter was there. Jaysus H. Keerayst! It was frreezing cold, near 32 F with a breeze...man oh man...
It has gotten a bit warmer but these insulated Florida houses keep the cold in, so it is warmer outside today that it is inside.
Culture shock is present, of course. The wide streets, 6 lanes, with stoplights ( four, five and six lights in each direction. No way you can say "I didn't see the light"...you'd have to be freakin' blind!!) that work and drivers that move when the light changes and nobody stoping to chat with a compadre on the side of the road...
Tomorrow, we venture to Sawgrass...
I am gonna make an apple pie, cook a rib-eye, and bake some potatoes...
and see who comes to dinner tonight.
Talk to all y' alls later,
HB from Florida, USA