South Beach Sunday

A much quieter start to the day on Sunday as the great spring break switchover occurs. Enjoyed an excellent breakfast and walked through some tacky shops. Spent a few hours on the beach which was predominantly families and a welcome change of pace from Saturday. Much of the day we just wanderered around, enjoyed the sun and interesting sights and sounds. If one could describe the sound of south beach, it would be the gentle ocean waves mixed with constant horn honking. Everyone is honking constantly. For no good reason. Yep, the traffic is terrible on Ocean Drive. Yes, I'm sure it's frustrating to have your Lamborghini stuck behind a guy on a scooter with a lemur on his shoulder. That really happened. Check out lemur guy below. Just another day in SoBe.

Pics from today

The African queen, key largo restaurant, our rental car, the beach!

Key Largo and a busy beach!

On our first full day of vacation we opted to rent a car and head to the Keys.  It was a nice drive - mainly because we hit the road so early, as we would find out.

In Key Largo we got there in time to see The African Queen.  Yep, the same one from the Bogart and Hepburn film.  It still runs and for a fee one can take a ride on it.

For lunch we stopped at the "world" famous Mrs. Macs. While decent and friendly, I wouldn't say I would make a trip specifically to Key Largo to eat there.

Not wanting to miss sun and beach time we headed back to South Beach.  It was at this time we saw the traffic to the keys backing up.  We chuckled at the poor souls until we got closer to South Beach and found ourselves in a similar situation!

But we were able to get back to our BnB in a decent time, however could not find a parking spot...well decision time. What to do with the car?

Easy answer: return it.  Thus ended our short time with a 2014 Chevy Spark. 

We then hit the beach and took in some rays, surf, and lots and lots and lots of spring breakers!

Of course we made time in our "strict schedule" to make room for a nap, which may have gone longer than planned!

Now to find a place to eat and experience South Beach on a Saturday night during spring break.

The Magic City

Made it safety to Miami late last night, amidst hoards of spring break airport goers- a few ridiculous setbacks, and a plane delayed on the runway while we "wait for the maintenance guy to bring some engine oil". Taxied to Miami Beach and our interesting apartment rental. There was some lost in translation instruction from our host, Ramon that escaped us the first time and I found myself trapped behind a police gate having to climb a parking ramp wall to get out. Did finally figure out how to retrieve the keys only to use them on the wrong apartment-  fortunately the nice young gal who greeted us with shock was very forgiving. Settled into our small, very clean and comfortable European style apartment at nearly 1:30. Woke today at 7 for a nice walk on the beach and up to the rental car agency to get our car and off to the Keys!