July 7th, 2014 – 2:48 pm
Hey ya’ll! I’m sorry this post is coming so late. Saturday
was just too long a day, and I passed out before I even thought about writing
once I finally got home.
Basically, we all woke up at the crack of dawn on Saturday
morning. By that, I literally mean 4:45. In the morning. Ugh. It was terrible.
What was even worse was that the electricity went out soon after that, so we
had to try to get all of our stuff together in the dark. It was ridiculous. We were
told to get down to the main house by 5:25 and that we were to be on the road
NO LATER than 5:45.
Of course, that didn’t happen. We waited outside for
forever! And the worst part was that we didn’t put on bug spray because we were
supposed to be at airports and on planes all day. But the mosquitoes were
swarming that morning! So we sat, in the dark, snacking since we wouldn’t be around
for breakfast, and waiting with impatience for the bus to arrive.
I honestly think it was a little after six that we finally
heard the bus pulling up the hill. And then, when we all got on, I swear, the
driver was trying to make up for lost time all the way to the airport.
Seriously, I thought we were going to die on more than one occasion. Emily was
literally praying while she was sitting next to me! It felt like we were going
90 miles an hour through the market that was buzzing with people and other
vehicles. I swear, we whizzed like, inches – millimeters, even – away from
other cars. It was absolutely terrifying. Luckily, we got to the airport in one
piece, and we were off to Fort Lauderdale. It was great to finally be in the
states again!
The sad part though, was splitting up into our two separate
groups; some of us only had a four hour layover while the rest of us had seven
hours to kill. The Caspers, Danni, the Gonzales family, Ed, the Emersons and
the DeMattios were in the shorter layover group. We all parted, and said our
goodbyes with sad faces and promises to see each other soon.
As I said goodbye to Danni though, she burst into tears! It
was the cutest thing ever. Obviously, you can probably tell by the way I
mention her a ton in the blogs, we became really close over the week. I love
her to death!
Apparently that group ate in the airport at a little café.
The bigger group with the longer layover, however, decided to take a little
trip. We all got into a few vans and headed into a small, little town called
Las Olas. It was very cute; lots of shops and restaurants. It was a good way to
blow a few hours. We ended up sitting down for lunch at The Big City Tavern.
They had the best lemonade ever and some delicious fries. It was awesome. A
good first meal, even though I didn’t like my sandwich. The fries made up for
it. Then we all went next door for some gelato.
Then we were back to the airport and onto our next plane to
Detroit. It was really a great feeling, heading home.
So yeah, that was the end. It was a great trip, even with
all its highs and lows. Thanks for keeping up with us everyoneJ
Katie, No Longer Coming to You from Haiti
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