I so don’t fit in here.
I am not blonde.
I am not tanned.
I am not a size 2.
I don’t smoke.
The first thing that I noticed about Miami is again, the smell. I forgot about the whole cigar thing. Cigars are everywhere and I have to try and be polite and not do the whole waving-my-arms around my face to show my disgust at smoke. Argh.
I finally got to the Tropics here at about 5pm and was starving. I thought being a nearly 3 hour flight I would have got a bag of nuts or something to hold me over until dinner. Nope – AA seem to thing a can of coke will suffice. I should’ve grabbed a bagel before we took off! I also had a seriously amount of washing to do so I went and walked the Lincoln Road Mall where I felt and looked like trash against the whole lot people milling around there so I grabbed a salad at Johnny Rockets – well forget that I am going to go back and get a burger next time. See what happens the minute you get to this place? You get sucked in to the whole Florida ‘thing’.
Anyway I have to get out of ‘quick quick gotta go here’ mode and into holiday mode as this is exactly what Miami is – a holiday destination. Where it isn’t bad if you relax. Well good-o I have taken this on board. So I just laid around this morning, sorted all my clothes in my luggage and watched Road Trip. Nice!
Off to just walk Collins Avenue and take some photos and just look around and enjoy the sunshine. I will look at booking an Everglades tour – I was wanting to go to Key West but can’t find any decent places that run them. This is also a place where a car would be a good addition to your holiday!
So I am in holiday mode enjoying nice normal temperatures and the beach is only a block away.
And I have had the Miami Vice theme song stuck in my head for 24 hours now. Ridiculous!