We sure enjoyed Jan's visit, then it was tidy up time. I got a T Mobile Hotspot for Internet access wherever I am. I like this because it's pay as you go and I stop paying in April at home and just start again in Oct.
Our dear friend Linda picked us off at 5:30 am and we flew to Miami Fri. Dec. 5 for a 7 day Caribbean cruise. In the airport at 6 am, we followed 50 5year old going to Disneyland.
We went a day early in case of weather delays but all went well. We planned for a city tour. One spot was Little Havana.
Hispanic culture permeates everything in Little Havana - colorful
murals, monuments to heroes past and present, elderly men playing
dominoes as they discuss politics and cigar rollers deep at work amidst
Little Havana's ever-present aroma of Cuban coffee. These scenes of
daily life in Little Havana play out amidst a backdrop of pulsating
traditional Cuban and Afro-Cuban music, storefronts, unique art
galleries and quaint typical restaurants.
The
Coconut Grove is the oldest continuously-inhabited
neighborhood of
Miami, Florida since 1825, when the
Cape Florida lighthouse went into operation where the area backs onto Biscayne Bay. This was the first
black settlement, in the 1880s, originally called Overtown, established by railway construction men and
Bahamian laborers who worked nearby.
Next is South Beach known as the Art Deco area. Very colorful.
There is an amazing Holocaust Memorial here built by Holocaust survivors who developed
a permanent memorial in Miami to the six million Jews who perished at
the hands of the Nazis during the WWII era.
This very large sculpture depicts people trying to escape. There are 27000 Jewish people living in Miami. Four of the docents working here are Survivors. There are peaceful areas, ponds, education and much more.
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