One full day in Miami so we wanted to get out there and explore! I had done a little research so knew there is a free MetroMover with a stop only a couple blocks from our lodgings. We started the day with some tea and bagels with Vegemite ... So nice having a kitchen, really makes it so much easier and cheaper to be able to make at least some of your own meals whilst on holiday. Around 9 we headed off to the Brickell station and jumped on the metromover, which ar...

   Showered, dressed and packed ready to go I gobble down the last of the jalapeño and cheese bread I'd bought from Subway the other night, with the cup of tea I'd picked up at Starbucks before we stumbled upstairs, then made our way down to the lobby to wait for the limo to take us to the airport. It was a pretty quiet trip to the airport with all of us trying to stay awake! I had already checked in online 24 hours ago so just a quick baggage drop, ...

First thing I knew Rodd was prodding me awake as the housekeeper was knocking on the door... 9 am already? Took us nearly 2 hours to get up showered and out the door just on check out time. First priority for me now is to get a cup of tea and a croissant to keep me going for the bus ride back to the stratosphere to change for the day. I had sent Heather a few texts and finally on the way up there she rang me to say they hadn't yet been to bed and were totally...

I had booked a car through budget as they have an office at the stratosphere and yesterday we had done the paperwork and picked up the keys so this morning we could get an early start, about 7.30 ish we jumped in the car and with the amazing skills of our navigator Tim, using google maps on the iPhone and the printed version of the route I'd brought from home, we managed to find our way without any problem to the home of our wonderful friends, Jeanne and Roge...

My first impression of LAX is always how huge it is! The plane may have landed at 6.30 but it takes forever to get to the gate and then you walk for days to baggage claim! But despite all that it took us about an hour to get our bags and go through immigration and customs so not too bad. From there we caught the free shuttle, that does loops around to all the terminals for transfers, over to terminal 1 for our Southwest flight to Vegas. Bags checked, through secu...