Spring 2013 – Day 2

Well day 2 started out a lot better than day 1.  We finally left the room at 11:00am as we didn’t need to hurry as the sun was not out.   But, we are lucky that we are not arriving tomorrow as as the weather man just said that the coldest days of the year are coming next week for Miami. 

First we drove over to the beach in the hopes that it might clear up, but it didn’t so we continued down the beach taking side streets to some of the exclusive islands to look at the expensive houses.  The rich truly live different!!

Then we drove to the Fontainebleau Hotel – one of the greatest hotels on the beach and a classic Miami Beach hotel.  It was built in 1954 and was the luxurious hotel on Miami Beach.  When we walked through the hotel, you cold tell that it is still the home of the “pretty people”.  It was supposedly built with Mafia and Teamster money and when Ed was in school here, it was the home of many Teamster meetings and conventions.

After walking around the hotel, we went to one of the top delis on the beach and had lunch. 

Then it was a drive over to Sawgrass Mills, one of the largest malls in the country.  We walked around the mall until late afternoon and then headed out to eat again.

On our way to the restaurant that we were heading to, we ran into a parking lot on food trucks.  It is a practice in the Miami area to have a group of about 10 food trucks, like we had with Festival Foods, park for one night only and sell their food.  So, we stopped and had dinner and even talked with one of the owners about our shared memories of the business – that was fun.

Barb had a Boston Lobster Roll and Ed had pizza. 

Then we headed back to the hotel and are crashing for the evening.

So today was sightseeing and eating – isn’t life grand!!

We didn’t get to spend a lot of time in the sun this trip but we relaxed and enjoyed the Florida life.

Tomorrow the ship – we are ready.

Ready to go our in the morning

Ed with the "Big Boat"

The Fountainbleau - just one of the pool areas

Lunch

Dinner at the Lobster stand