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Miami Day 2

By traveltripz on Jul 8, 2007 in Miami, USA

Today we were intending to have a nice sleep-in but ended up getting up early anyway. We had pre-ordered our breakfast for 9am and it arrived right on time and was brought in on a table on wheels and set up in a corner of the room. The breakfast was just wonderful. I had ordered an American breakfast and Wanda ordered Eggs Benedict. It also included orange juice, green tea and a variety of bakery items.

We then headed down to the Mezzanine to register for the Affiliate Summit. This is the main reason for our trip although any excuse to travel and we are off. We received a big bag of goodies and went back to our room to go through it all and work out what sessions of the conference we were going to attend over the coming days.

After making our choices for the next day we got our walking shoes and headed out to check out the monorail that was zipping around just across the road from us. Upon reading the signs at the entrance we realised that it was free to use which was a bit of a surprise.

Here are some of the attractive buildings in downtown Miami:

We took a couple of different trains and then got off at the Macys stop and headed on into the store. Well that was a mistake. A couple hundred dollars later and laden with our shopping bags we finally exit the store and walk up Miami Avenue to check out the rest of downtown Miami.

Unfortunately, being Sunday, most of the stores were closed. This was a little surprising to us as in Australia the shops in most major cities are open on Sundays and we just expected it to be the same here.

As we were getting hot and tired we got back on the Metromover and headed back to the hotel. After a quick break we then headed up through Bayfront Park to the Bayside Centre to see if we could find somewhere for lunch and we finally decided on the Hard Rock Café. The food here was delicious and the atmosphere was great although the music was way too loud at the start. I think they realised it was too loud and finally turned it down to a reasonable level.

Paula was feeling a little merry after one and a half cocktails.

I stuck to the fresh fruit juice which was refreshingly cool and full of fruity flavour:

We brought the glasses as a memento.

After our lunch we headed back to the hotel which is where we are now watching Harry Potter on the TV. This is probably where we will stay for now. Neither of us is in the mood to go anywhere at the moment - Wanda is still getting over her cold and I have caught her cold as I am sniffing away here as well. We were going to head down to the start of the conference but with neither of us feeling well we are going to stay in so we are feeling well for tomorrow.

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By Greg on Jul 9, 2007 | Reply

Hi Paula,Wanda. Love the trip so far, slight touch of green in the face. Hope the cold’s get better soon. Greg. P.S. Don’t come home, just keep going.