Miami - Super Bowl Weekend!

So, we find ourselves back in Miami - our last weekend on the road. It also happens to be Super Bowl Weekend...one of the biggest party weekends for the US. We weren't aware of this event at time of booking, but it definitely added a new dimension to the trip.
We caught the Go Shuttle shared taxi from Fort Lauderdale to South Beach, shared with a glamour model and a club DJ from New York. On the way along Washington Ave we saw a club where Snoop Doggy Dog was playing, massive queue outside. Apparently everyone was in town for Super Bowl - Even Brad and Angelina (we just caught up on all the celeb gossip after 3 months of withdrawal from the world). We were dropped at 'Jazz on South Beach' hostel - we'd booked through hostel world, everything was booked up (we couldn't understand why...doh!) Anyway, the hostel was insane, they couldn't put us in the same dorm room, couldn't give us female dorms, couldn't guarantee that tomorrow would be better, 18 year old girls tottering around wearing hot pants and mini-skirts, music blaring...we were SO culture shocked! We couldn't get out of there quick enough! This makes us sound so old and over it!!! Perhaps we are!!!!! We ended up at a hostel called 'Santa Barbara International Fun Hostel!' It turned out to be a better location and much more chilled.
We felt totally knackered that first night, starving hungry, struggled to get a taxi from one hostel to the other, overwhelmed by all the party people and the football fans...slept like a log.
The next day we hit the beach. They had Celebrity Beach Bowl going on, stars from Dexter, Gossip Girl and J-Lo were all playing football on the beach! How exciting!
Then we hit the shops...such great shopping! We have no room for shopping in our packs, but somehow we make it work!
The next day we ran on the beach in the morning, then slept on the beach, then hit the shops again, then watched the super bowl. Everyone seemed to be supporting the New Orleans Saints - the underdogs...everyone running around the town 'Who Dat?' which is their slogan. Crazy crazy. We were offered tickets to go to the game...$900! We watched it in a bar, both teams heavily supported within the bar...insane. It's a miracle the place held together, people running and jumping everywhere!
Finally headed off to the airport, then the chaos ensued. We were meant to be going Miami Detroit London. The Miami Detroit flight was severely delayed, which missed the further connection, so we were pulled off that flight and re-routed through Atlanta. We were then stuck in Miami airport for about 10 hours - shopping and drinking at the bar! Our flight to Atlanta was severely delayed also, and we literally had to sprint to make the London flight - so no big surprises when our luggage doesn't show up in London eh.  :(
We caught the Heathrow Connect back into Central London, headed home to the freezy flat and fired up the heating, the oven, anything that produced heat basically!
It's great to be home (even though none of my belongings are here!!) There's a lot to be said for familiarity after 3 months on the road.
We woke up to SNOW this morning. I leave for Malaysia in 5 days time, my mission is to get my missing bag back!!!!!!!!!