Full Moon Over Miami

Sak pase? (What's happening?) - Answer: Nam boule! Just practicing my Creole!

Becky and I both made it to Miami today. We think our shuttle ride from the airport almost took longer than our flight to Miami. For me it was about 1.5 hours of waiting with the dispatcher saying, "The driver is on their way" multiple times. I had nothing but time so I enjoyed the steamy warm weather with the sun just starting to poke out from behind the clouds. Suddenly, what appeared to be a young high school student driving the hotel van pulled up and motioned for me to get in! We then trolled around the airport before making it to the hotel just in time for check-in!

It had been raining all morning and several of our team members have been delayed in VA or GA. Becky and I feel fortunate we both made it to Miami!

Our hotel is right next to a Wendy's and a strip mall of resturants from all over Latin America and one Chinese resturant! We had our choice of Mexican, Peruvian, Argentinian, and Cuban cuisine to choose from for dinner. We settled on the Cuban resturant called "El Rinconcito Latino" (the little Latin resturant on the corner - literally) which was excellent! We enjoyed a lovely salad, bread, steamed vegetables, tostones (fried plantains), grilled chicken, some sangria, and a bit of flan de cocoa. We splurged a bit! We even enjoyed live Cuban music! There was the most beautiful baby that was dancing to the songs - so she was brought up front and was serenaded while everyone clapped!

When we left El Rinconcito, a light breeze complimented the warm steamy evening making it quite lovely - even for a northern gal! Definitely not too hot! Becky and I did notice that there was a bright big full moon up in the sky - a lovely sight! We then remembered how wacky patient care can get when working during the "full moon" season. Nevertheless, we are excited about what this trip will bring and how lovely the full moon over Miami looked.

Tomorrow we will rise bright and early before dawn and catch our shuttle to the American Airlines Concourse E which handles the flights to Port Au Prince.

Be Well,
Sue