Greetings from MIA, Miami International Airport. We left Minneapolis this morning and arrived safely in Miami around 2:00 EST. From the airport we checked our bags into storage and caught a cab to Lincoln Street in South Beach Miami. Upon arrival on Lincoln Street we walked a couple of blocks and decided it was time to grab a couple slices of pizza for Joe. We ate at Pizza Rustica. Chad and I had been there once before and enjoyed their selections of pizza. Chuck and I split a slice of Caprese and Chad had BBQ Chicken. After that Chad and Chuck decided to head down to the beach. I opted to take in the scenes of Lincoln Street, mostly so that I did not do too much walking on my foot. I headed up to sit out at the Starbucks and being the person I am could not just sit outside on their nice comfy chairs without ordering a beverage so I opted for an Iced Mocha (decaf and skim of course). As I sat down and pulled out my Mac to work on my first blog post a man commented on my Mac. Of course once he started talking he just never stopped...of course being the nice gal that I am never told him to leave me alone. Anyhow he was quite entertaining, probably because he has consumed more alcohol in one day than I have consumed this month! He wreaked of it, even from 10 feet away. He and his “uncle”, who evidently plays Santa Claus down here in Miami were heading to Fort Lauderdale. Reminder if I have kids never allow them to sit on Santa’s lap in FL. The “uncle” was more inebriated than his “nephew”. Anyhow as I was sitting there listening to Craig (the drunk man) a gentleman came to sit next to me, I thought because he was enjoying this scene. I guess he actually sat down to try and scare the drunks off! Very nice of him. His name was Victor, originally from Columbia but grew up most of his life in New York before making Miami his home. We had quite a nice conversation about Columbia, Minnesota, work and life. Chad and Chuck agreed to meet me a the Starbucks at 6:30 but they showed up early, I guess Chuck just was not into the art deco of the South Beach. He did comment that the prettier sex wears their clothing a little tighter down here than in MN. I made introductions and the four of us visited for about an hour. After a recommendation for cheaper Mexican food close by from Victor we left Victor and leaded on. We ate dinner at Lime, the place kind of reminded me of Baja Tortilla, only they did not have as many salsa’s on their salsa bar, just 5. Chad and I both enjoyed a chicken burrito and Chuck a fajita salad. Shortly before we were going to leave a woman a few years younger than me came into the restaurant on crutches with a boot, only on her left foot. She looked kind of bummed when she sat down so I stuck my leg out and said I was glad to see I was not alone. We struck up a conversation and it turns out she also broke her 5th metatarsal, but hers was only 3 weeks ago. I think she was a little bummed to see me still in my boot after 11 weeks. I told her not to worry, she would probably heal faster than I! We chatted for a few minutes and then I headed back to my table. While I was away Chuck commented to Chad that “she makes friends everywhere”. Chad’s comment back to him was, “like you should talk”. What can I say....
After dinner we caught a cab back to the airport, retrieved our luggage and got checked to our flight to Lima. I got seated and hoped to start surfing the web, but low and behold there is no free internet where I am...man what is this world coming to...who wants to pay for internet? Signing off (well at least of the laptop) for now!
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