Originally Posted by
r415
Agreed about connecting through LHR, but isn't MIA also in the English-speaking world? I know Florida has a lot of support for the Spanish language and all, but the official language of the United States is still English, last I checked.
A. As noted by another, English is not our "official" language.
B. I've spoken fair Spanish - the archaic TexMex "Post Hole" vernacular -most of my life, but the idioms and accents heard at MIA can be a challenge. Meanwhile, even the French would have problems with the Haitian Creole patois. Meanwhile, at MIA, both Spanish and Creole seem to be spoken more loudly or more often than what passes for English among South Floridians and airport transients.
C. MIA, at best, is at worst. I can think of more hospitable penal institutions, and night time connections there are a Dantean prospect during which Hades seems uncomfortably close. While the atmosphere at LHR is different, the resulting depression and aggravated stress levels are comparable.