Last day in Miami

We had nothing planned for today, and just took it easy, whiling away the hours, meandering around the area of Ocean Drive.  After breakfast of an omelette and fruit salad, we checked out of our hotel.  We then strolled to the corner of 17th Street and Washington Avenue, where we found a bank.  We asked whether they had any Brunei currency.  We knew it was a long shot, and, as expected, they had none.  We'll try again at Heathrow.  We're more likely to get some there.

On the way back from Washington Avenue, we stopped to enjoy excellent lattes from the Aroma coffee shop.  In the early afternoon, we hired bikes from the hotel, and peddled up and down the Lummus Park Beach Walk, which straddles the length of South Beach.  We got a bit hot, stood under a public shower briefly, got wet, and carried on.

For lunch, I had a really excellent French baguette with ham, tomato, and avocado.  Jean didn't want any lunch, but had some of mine because there was so much of it.  Soon, we found another coffee shop where Jean had a Key lime pie.  The Key lime pie is an American dessert comprising Key lime juice, egg yolks, and condensed milk in a pie crust, according to Google.  It was beautiful.  It's probably named after the Florida Keys, a group of islands South of Florida.

I stopped for a latte in Starbucks, which wasn't quite as good as at Aroma, but not bad.  Following this, we sat for about half an hour on the Beach Walk, watched the people walk, ride, skate and jog by, as well as the planes that constantly fly back and forth over the ocean, up and down the length of South Beach, towing huge banners, usually advertising tonight's show in some night club.  We then mosied on down to the Hilton, on Ocean Drive, and sat on their front porch in the shade, again for ages.

We are now back in the lobby of our hotel, where our luggage has been in storage all day.  Soon, we will go out for dinner, come back, sit for longer, and then take a taxi to the airport.  At 23.30, we fly to Heathrow, the first leg of a long journey, three quarters of the way around the world, to Brunei, where we will spend two nights.  

Thereafter, we return home to Australia.  Till then, the blog is not finished yet!

The Hotel Victor on Ocean Drive, where we spent the last two nights.

The Lummus Park Beach Walk where we rode bikes.  The Walk runs parallel to and between Ocean Drive and South Beach.

A couple poses next to the sign that shows today's date and the temperature.