Gåtur til Ocean Drive, South Beach

(Summary in English underneath)

Vi begav os ud på en temmelig lang gåtur (godt nok kun små 12 km, men i sandaler der gav os vabler fordi det var så varmt).

Nå men, vi gik først ad Collins Avenue i håbet om at finde en morgenmads restaurant, men det lykkedes ikke. Så gik vi i stedet langs den board walk der er hele vejen langs stranden fra North Beach til South Beach. Den er lavet i træ og er rar at gå på med bare fødder, når de nu gør SÅ ondt efter vabler :=). Her fandt vi dog heller ikke nogen restauranter, men hotellerne blev flottere og flottere jo længere vi kom ned mod South Beach.

Vi gik også lidt ad vejen på stranden i vandkanten - vandet er bare så flot blåt.

Da vi endelig nåede ned til Ocean drive fandt vi Front Porch Cafe hvor vi fik hhv. French Toast og Mexican Wrap, uhmmmmmmmm.

Vi skulle finde et Pharmacy hvor vi kunne købe noget plaster til vores vabler, og blev ledt ned i et letter skummelt kvarter - eller nej, ikke skummelt blot meget lokalt! Her fandt vi dog foruden pharmacy'en også en del skobutikker :=). Sanne endte med at købe to par lækre lædersandaler fra Timberland og Marianne et par sandaler fra et mærke jeg ikke kender men de er super lækre.

Efter den hårde shopping fandt vi en lækker lille fortorvscafe som servede drinks (happy hour, 2 for 1), så vi fik en Mojito og en Caprihena (dvs. Sanne fik først en Summer Breeze, læs; alkohol der smager af sodavand, så vi bestile en voksen drink til hende i stedet) og så var vi klar til at gå

hjemad....

men 12 km retur orkede vi ikke lige, så det blev en taxa hjem!

Dette er IKKE vores udlejningsbil, men det kunne da være meget skægt....

Da vi kom hjem skiftede vi tøj og røg ned i poolen og lå der en times tid og slappede af.

Grundet dagens lange gå tur med dertilhørende ømme og "bevablede" fødder - fandt aftenens gourmetkreativitet kun vej til hotellets restaurant. Ikke noget videre at skrive hjem om, så vi parkere den her.

Planen for fredag (i morgen) er at køre ad kyststrækningen op til Fort Lauderdale og videre op til LeAnne og Darren i Vero Beach syd for Orlando, med diverse shoppe og bade stops undervejs.
This morning we decided to walk from out hotel down to South Beach. We had no clue of how long it would be, but decided to walk the board walk all the way down. The first purpose was to find some breakfast - not as easy as we thought. After 1½ hours of walking we ended up at the beginning of Ocean Drive and now it was defenately breakfast time. The Front Porch Cafe did a really good job in fulfilling our needs and wants in that regard. Then time to find a pharmacy - walking about 12 km in sandals in this humied heat had left our feets back with blisters that we needed to do something about. After some "feet treatment" we were ready to walk around again. Next to the pharmacy there was a Nike store which we had to check out. After ½ an hour I came out with 2 pairs of Timberland leather sandals and Marianne with a pair of Meerell sandals.

Well, we headed back to the beach/Art Deco area and walked around for a while. Before heading back to the hotel we decided that we "absolutely needed" a drink. A Mojito and a Caprihena was what we needed (well I should try something new, so I ordered a Summer Breeze which is somewhat green alchohol tasting of soft drink, it tasted yakkk) so that's where the Caprihena came into the picture.

Back at the hotel (transported by the most rude taxi driver I have ever met in my life) it was time for a swim and just realxing by the pool.

Because of the long walk during the day and with sore and blisterd feets, the only thing the "gourmet-creativity" could think of, was to dine in the hotel restaurant. Not much to say about that experince so we just leave it there.

The plan for Friday is to follow the coast up to Fort Lauderdale and continue to LeAnne and Darren in Vero Beach south of Orlando. Doing some sightseeing, shopping and swimming on the way.

Ankommet til Miami

*Summary in English underneath*
Så nåede vi til USA, nærmere betegnet Miami Florida. Vi ankom i går aftes ca. kl 19 og var ved hotellet kl 21.
Turen var lang (9½ time over Atlanten og så 2 timer ned fra Atlanta) men vi blev super godt serviceret af Else-Maries kollegaer på Delta Airlines. Hun havde også introduceret os til dem i Kastrup. Vi manglede ikke noget!
Vore udlejningsbil er en Toyota Rav 4 - så Sanne er i den 7. himmel :=)
I dag torsdag, vågende vi tidligt og til en flot solopgang lige uden for vinduet ned mod Atlanterhavet, og nu kl 9 er der høj sol ca 27 c og godt 75% luftfugtighed.... Her er super fedt!
Vi vil nu ud og finde noget morgenmad - gerne i typisk amerikansk (sydstatsstil), pandekager, biscuits and gravy, french toast etc :=) Lidt kolesterol og fedt fra morgenstunden, dét virker :=)
Så vi går sydpå mod South Beach og så må vi se hvad vi finder.

We arrived in Miami last night (US time) at about 8 o'clock. On out way over Else-Marie's colleagues from Delta took good care of us. She came in to Cph. yesterday morning and just had the opportunity to introduce us to her colleagues who were working on the flight back to Atlanta.
Well, we went to Hertz and got our car. Nothing less but a very nice Toyota Rav 4 - so now there's no way out for Sanne - she "must" have one like that when we get back home (she has surely not considered the danish tax system plus 180% of the cars' price, yet!)!!
We got up early this morning and our room has the greatest view over the Atlantic Ocean. It's nice and hot already. We are just going to walk around today so we are heading for South Beach to find a "heavy" US breakfast, take a look at the Art Deco area, the harbours etc.

Florida dreaming - now in English

My sister needs me to write some of my blogs in English so she can follow what’s going on, so here goes (guess that is actually easier than trying to teach her Danish).
The decision to go to Florida was made after it turned out that we couldn't go India due to the crisis in the traveling market... So when it couldn't be India as planned we decided on lovely sunny Florida. We decided Florida for more reasons, two of the most important ones - it's warm and we could visit Leanne, Darren and the kids.
We are going to fly with Delta directly from Copenhagen to Atlanta and then unto Miami. We have rented the car from the first day so we are free to move around if we feel like it.
We are going to stay at The Casablanca Hotel which is on Collins Avenue, right down to the beach, however not in the fashionable South Beach, but fairly close :=)
We are thinking of maybe play a round of golf on one of the many courses in Miami, but we'll se, it's not a high priority.
We will this time try to be more un-planned than we were the last time in the US, so we're free to turn our plans around if we feel like doing something else, or decided to stay an extra day in one place.
We also found out, that we're in Florida during the high season, so some times we may not be able to get a room where we'd like, but that's the price, we'll take it day by day.Right now our thoughts are; Miami, Vero Beach (visiting Leanne, Darren, Blake and Keycee) and a visit to Kennedy Space Center and Sea World. Napels as a start on the trip in to The Everglades, maybe with a night in Flamingo. Key Largo where we want to swim with dolphins and sail in kayak into the mangroves... :=) Key West for relaxation, maybe some snorkeling etc. we'll se! read more later :=)

Planlægning af Florida-turen

Nu varer det jo så ikke så længe før vi rejser på ferie, og hvor vi dog glæder os! Lige nu er vi begge forkølet, men det er helt i orden, bare vi er raske i næste uge :=)

Vi opdagede i går, at vores internationale kørekort kun er gyldige i et år, dvs. vores er udløbet.... Ikke super cool at finde ud af mindre en 4 dage før afrejse. Nuvel det hele står på dansk og vi er blevet enige om at det må gå, og at Amerikaneren nu nok vil acceptere vores alminelige danske EU-kørekort alligevel. Vi kan nemlig overhovedet ikke huske om vi brugte det internationale kørekort sidste gang vi lejede bil i USA, vi synes vi ikke vi gjorde.

Nuvel, vi tror vi har styr på det meste til turen, og det som ikke kommer med, det kommer ikke

med!!! (Tænker at hvis det virkelig er noget vi mangler, kan vi vel købe det).