We stayed overnight in Miami on both legs of the trip, so this week, I will share some of the Miami pictures and get to the Trinidad pictures next week.
We stayed at the Embassy Suites near the airport and since we wanted to experience the flavor of Miami, we ate at this great Cuban restaurant.
The food was great, and it was really quaint. The staff was wonderful, and we asked lots of questions about the different dishes we saw go by. We liked it so much that we told the owner we would be back on our return trip, and they remembered us. They even sang Happy Birthday to Alvin, as they had a piano player in the room.
Since we wanted to see as much as we could, but had limited time, we took a tour bus of the Coral Gables, Miami, Little Havana, and the South Beach area, and here is what we saw.
That's the owner of the Cigar shop sitting out front, meeting his public. It was quite a site.
Inside, he was rolling cigars as you wait, talk about fresh!!! He didn't want to look up at the camera, because he wanted people to buy the picture of him, rolling cigars in his traditional cuban fedora.
This is the Domino Club. A social gathering. The tile work was beautiful, and it was fun to watch them play.
This is the Love Hate Tattoo Studio, owned by Ami James and Chris Nunez. It is where the show Miami Ink is filmed.
This is DASH, the boutique owned by the Kardashian sisters. Kourtney and Khloe opened and run it, and Kourtney and Khloe take Miami, is based on the opening of this shop.
Here are some examples of the typical Art Deco architecture of Miami.
South Beach
and, finally the Miami skyline.
We hope you enjoy this little taste of Miami, not bad considering we were really only there for a few hours.
Next stop Trinidad. The home of Carnival, steel drums and La Brea tar pit!
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