Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Leos and I had a bit of jet lag, so we woke up quite early.  The good thing, is that we were able to watch the sunrise.  It was the only day where there was a totally clear sunrise.  It was so nice to be able to watch it from the comfort of our accommodation.  After breakfast, we walked to Barefoot Landing and then made our way to Broadway at the Beach.  It was so empty and felt very deserted!  We decided to make our way to the beach instead.  Then we went to lunch with a guy Leos messaged online, Mike.  He brought his 2 kids and a friend.  Everyone was so nice.  It was so great that Leos got to meet some people from the trading world.  After lunch everyone parted ways, so Leos and I went to the boardwalk at the beach.  Again, it was so empty.  It was so strange to see such a popular place really empty. We decided to walk on the beach and start from one pier and walk along the beach. For dinner, we met up with a LOT more traders.  There were about 20 of us at dinner.  I should've gotten a group photo, but I forgot to ask the waiter. Luckily, there was also another wife who didn't trade, so I got to speak with her.  Leos was in his element and a lot of people were happy to meet him.  The food was great and so was the company.  After dinner, everyone called it a night because the gala (the reason we went to Myrtle Beach) was the next day. It was a completely full first day in Myrtle Beach. 

                                                                    barefoot landing

                                                                    Broadway at the Beach

                                                                            so empty

                                                            shrimp and grits 

                                                                        USA   10,590

                                                                        USA

                                                                        USA

                                                                      USA

                                                                        the boardwalk

                                                                so empty!!

            restaurant bills in USA  (tax, tip and different price if you use cash or card)

Flying to South Carolina

Flying from Prague to Myrtle Beach wasn't the easiest.  We had to take 3 flights to get there.  Luckily, I had a seat open next to me on the first and third flight.  On the second flight, both Leos and I had our own row so we could lay down, which was really nice.  There were so many movies choices on our long haul flight.  I saw that the movie, The Crow, was listed as an option.  The movie was filmed in Prague, so I wanted to see if I could see myself because I knew there was a small chance.  I was part of the audience in the opera scene and I remembered the camera going in front of me, so I had to check it out.  Sure enough I was there.  It was pretty cool to see. It would've been nice to see myself on the big screen in a movie theater, but at least on the plane I was able to pause my part.  Later on in the flight, I noticed that the guy in front of me also watched the movie, so I got to see myself again on his screen, haha!  The third flight from Philadelphia to Myrtle Beach was a rough one.  It was a short flight, but the plane was really small.  There was only one toilet on the plane and the seat belt sign never went off.  Luckily, it was short and even though it was a FULL plane, there was still an empty seat next to me, which was quite nice.  We finally arrived to our accommodation and even though the sun was down, we had to walk around the area a bit.  We were very close to the ocean.

                                      empty long haul flight, both Leos and I had our own row

                                    flying into USA, they give you lots of junk food......

                                                                found myself in the movie!!!

                                                         smallest commercial plane ever

                                                           the plane had to get defrosted 

                                      had to take a pic of the Atlantic as soon as we arrived

                                                   our accommodation for the next few days