WELCOME TO MIAMI, BIENVENIDO A MIAMI

What there is to know about Miami? very easy answer, everybody knows Miami! True, but not everyone knows this city in the eyes of an AIESEC Trainee. This city is located in South Florida, very close to the end of continental USA, the southernmost point of Florida is about 90 miles from Havana, Cuba. Because of the proximity to this country and the rest of Latin America this city is just as Latin as Santo Domingo, San Juan, Caracas, Lima or Buenos Aires. Is one of the most desired vacation places and also a target place to migrate for Hispanic background people, in fact 57% out of the 2 million people in Miami comes from a Hispanic background, but in my opinion I think is more, like 80%. You can find all latinamerican nationalities here for sure.
The language here is Spanish and sometimes English and sometimes both: SPANGLISH. You can spend your whole life without speaking English with no problems at all. I heard that in some restaurants and stores you can find signs stating: “We speak English”.
We are about 20 minutes away to the closest beach, which is Miami Beach where it all happens, the beach parties, the clubs, the fancy restaurants, etc. Miami without a doubt is a vacations town so it is a lot of fun.
Kraft Foods is located in a neighborhood called Coral Gables, which is very residential, calm and quite. All 15 trainees live 5 blocks away from the office, most of us have roommates.
The tough part of Miami is the heat, the Miami heat, it is really difficult coming from cloudy Lima and getting 35-39 degrees for 8 months with 100% humidity and lots of rain with a full 5 month Hurricane season.