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.