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Finally I came around to edit and upload the photos from Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood. Check out the result on my photo blog.

So I'm back home now in cold Switzerland, with a huge lack of sleep and mixed feelings. I would have loved to stay in paradise for another week, month.. or longer. But then it's also nice to be back.

The last new roommates were Lorenzo, an Italian guy, and Ritchie, a Chinese who studies in California. That's 24 roommates in 29 days and I can still remember most of them.

I won't be posting all that much in the next few days since there are a lot of things to be sortet out / arranged. And of course many more photos…

I went to Hollywood, Florida, yesterday. There wasn't that much to see and the beach was smaller but far more crowded than South Beach. Again I walked a lot, rested in some nice cafés and finally came back to Miami Beach by bus (3.75$ for one way).

I'm planning to go to Key West either tomorrow or the day after. I'm not quite sure yet if I'm going there by car or by bus.

There was an Asian-looking couple (19, 20) in the room for one night which I did not happen to meet (awake). Last night and today a Dutch (21) and a German (22) girl have arrived.

PS: All new Miami Beach photos on photo.fabians.ch!

Went to Coral Gables this morning and walked a lot. Nice houses that didn't look all that cheap and almost no people on the streets. I walked on to Coconut Grove and took a bus to Calle Ocho in Little Havana where I had lunch and walked on to the next Metromover station. The mover brought me to Bayfront Park Station from where I walked to the Hard Rock Café to drink something. I came back to Miami Beach in the early evening.

Two new German roommates from Munich (14, 15) arrived and already left again. Also another roommate (16) which I haven't seen yet arrived.

Sundays are said to be good at Nikki Beach so I might try that famous place tonight.

Update: Two new roommates, a couple from Argentina, arrived. They're staying for two nights.

Today I went to Little Havana which was neither very impressive nor interesting. Therefore I did not stay too long and walked back to Miami Downtown to pay a visit to the Miami Art Museum.

They are currently showing an exhibition called American People, Black Light: Faith Ringgold's Paintings of the 1960s. I liked some of Faith Ringgold's political posters and paintings against racism and discrimination in the United States.

I also liked the ongoing exhibition of modern and contemporary art from the permanent collection, especially the photographic work.

PS: Roommate Number 13 is Peruvian and staying for two months. He speaks no English which I appreciate because this enables me to practice Spanish.

PPS: You can now like my posts on Facebook or +1 them on Google+. You're gonna find the buttons to do so (what you should do!) at the bottom of every post. 

Went to Fort Lauderdale yesterday. The two hour bus drive (it's about 50 kilometres) cost me four dollars. Actually it would've cost only $ 3.75 if I'd had change. We passed a huge parade of the fire and police departments that inspired one passenger to badmouth the police and firemen, communism, the fact that not everyone speaks solely English in the USA, everything unnatural like tattoos, hair coloring and a lot of other things. This in turn enraged a lot of other passengers.

Anyway, first thing to be done in Fort Lauderdale: get a cappuccino at Starbuck's. Second thing was my visit to the Museum of Art which I didn't like that much. There's a small Books & Books shop in the museum lobby as well as a nice café (also by Books & Books). Next was a park with some historic stuff and small museums which was right next to a still canal. I took a route through a suburban part back to downtown which looks like a bank district kinda area.

I walked on along a crowded street with some restaurants, expensive stores and ice cream shops. As I wandered along Las Olas Blvd I saw beautiful villas, lots of canals and bridges and countless palm trees. After passing a drawbridge I walked for another twenty minutes (interrupted, for a few minutes, by the rain) and finally reached Fort Lauderdale Beach. What I encountered was a nice promenade with restaurants, shops and cafés and a beach with Florida-white sand right next to a frequented road.

PS: Roommate 12 is from Virginia and staying until Friday to meet a German friend who's on holiday in Miami Beach.