2012 Cruise - Day 1 & 2

***I'm still planning on posting the rest of Thailand...just need to find the free time***


Wed & Thurs Jan 9/10 - South Beach, Miami, FL

We opted to take the red eye out on Wed so we'd have an extra day to explore South Beach.  Our flight was fine, we slept a little bit.  Both flights weren't full so we had an extra seat next to us.  We arrived in to Miami around 10am and got a cab to our "hotel".  I put that in quotes because it was actually a persons apartment we rented on Airbnb.com

It was about 4 blocks to the beach (and Ocean Dr) which was really nice.  We couldn't check in til 3 but we were able to drop our bags off before that.  We went for a cuban lunch at Peurto Sagua (just okay, found it on yelp) and walked around exploring the area.  We stopped at Mangoes for a drink, which turned in to 2.  We found out that many of the bars have a long happy hour - which was still kinda pricey but better than paying full price!  After 2 drinks at Mangoes, we walked down to the Clevelander and got the two largest mojitos ever.

They took a few hours to drink and we were feeling pretty toasty.  We put our toes in the ocean and walked along the crowded beach.  At 3 we went back to the room and passed out until 8pm.  I checked out Yelp again and found out we were two blocks from the Europa Village area of SoBe.  I found a tapas restaurant (Tapas y Tintos).  The food was really good (as was the white sangria) but pricey!  We grabbed some gelato and found a brewery walking distance from where we were.  

The brewery was The Abbey and it wasn't very good.  I had the quadruple and J had the IPA.  It was so freaking dark in there!  We headed back home (walking) around midnight to fall asleep.