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Yesterday we set off from Orlando on 200 mile or so drive down the south Florida Turnpike to Miami! After a quick stop to Dunkin'Donuts for a brekfast bagel we finally arrived!
When we arrived in the city it was amazing to see so many high rise apartment buildings and the famous Trump towers along the beautiful never ending coastline of turquoise sea and palm trees :-)
The weather was around 32 degrees so we went straight to the Ocean Reef hotel and checked in it was a nice andl in a perfect spot on the South boulevard. After a quick change of clothes we headed straight out to grab a bite to eat and Alan had the best place to go! Situated right on Ocean Boulevard we went to a bar/restaurant called the Clevelander, Alan had a refreshing beer to go with his huge clevlander burger and I had a cola with a yummy B.L.T wrap. Delicious.
We had a wander round but in the midday sun we decided it would be a good idea to get a quick nap at the hotel and then shower and change to see the city at night! That night we....
bumped in to a couple of 'soon to be' famous rappers with gold teeth and bought their (autographed) CD's as a good deed for the day... went to the clevelander to see a really cool rock band play some music while having some drinks and a bowl of calamari...then to ocean 10 bar to watch a reggae group do some covers of Bob Marley etc, we topped the night off with some Nachos covered in all kinds of things and then went back to the hotel! Great night!
The next morning we had a tasty brekfast on the boulevard, coffee, fresh orange, omelette, fruit, granola and yogurt! What more could you want?! The weather was perfect, cloudless sky and calm water so we rented some beds on the beach and soaked up the sun for afew hours...
We got off the beach just in time so a quick change and we drove to the huge Aventura Mall which i think would take about a year to get around :-) after a look around we decided to go back there in the evening to watch a movie 'Salt' in the cinema, we got our drinks and popcorn and off we went...Another great day!
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