fLoRiDa.....

 FLORIDA WAS AMAZING.....

 

Well I went to Florida and it was AMAZING!!! I had never been and the weather, scenery, people...EVERYTHING, was just perfect. I went with an old friend, Kevin. Pretty cool guy and made this vacation one to remember. We stared off in Orlando and stayed an extra day there because they lost my luggage. But it was ok b/c we went to Wet n Wild, right there in Orlando. I did get my luggage (I FREAKING HATE WHEN THEY LOSE YOUR STUFF). The place we stayed at was a really laid back tiki type htoel called the Meditaranian Express. It had a tiki bar poolside!! Well from Orlando we drove to Cocoa beach. There I lost my voice singing karaoke at this really nice indoor-outdoor bar with a mini beach. The DJ/karaoke guy was hilarious! I met a lot of cool people and had a BLAST!! Before we even went out that night we walked the beach. I wrote in the sand and took some amazing pictures of the sun set (even though the sun only rises on the east coast, it was beautiful). From Cocoa Beach we headed to Vero beach to check out where Kevin lived. Really nice there. We went out to this (we ate out at amzing places our entire trip) out of this world upscale place on the water...the food was to die for. I met his parent, his doggie (who was at doggie day care for the week) and saw places like where Kevin went to High school, etc. From Vero Beach we drove to MIAMI!!!! That was my favorite. We stayed at the Holiday Inn Select which was beautiful. It had a poolside bar and breakfast was YUM!. I loved just laying out in the sun, soaking up all I could (poor kevin got burnt). The sand was white and the ocean a light light blue. It was beautiful. Again, I wrote in the sand and just took it all in. We went to an authentic, inexpensive Cuban rest. and got cuban sandwiches...the best!! Later that night we went to Miami Heat game. Before the game we walked around the bay and I had my first mojito...it was AWESOME!!! Our bartender Celeste was super cool. I bought a "I love Miami" t-shirt for the game. I had soooo much fun. My first professional game of any kind. I even made it on the "fan cam"....when we walked back to our car later a guy was like "hey i saw you on the fan cam"...made my day!!! Miami is actually very beautiful at night. During half-time I went out on the deck to have a drink and smoke and got to see the entire city all lit up...so pretty. the next day we woke up super early to catch the sunrise. BREATH-TAKING, to say the least. I even found 6 pieces of sea glass (which I used to collect while living on the beach in Norfolk, Va) to go along with all the shells I found. We ate breakfast, freshened up and hit the road for orlando (to stay for the next few days (i left sunday at 6am). Kevin let me drive, thankfully, b/c he was a bit of a..?...well not a NY driver, and I wanted to get there (its a 3 hour drive back to Orlando). We got back and stayed at the same hotel as we did at the beginning of our trip. We layed in the sun during the day and went to amazing places to eat at night. I went on the "sling shot" alone...kevin is scared of rides and rollercoasters, etc. The next day we went to SeaWorld! that was AMAZINGGGGGGG!!! I absolutely loved it. It was great. There dolpin show was so good we went twice. We of course went to shamu Stadium and saw Shamu and the whale shoe....so beautiful. I took a million pictures i swear. My last day we just hung out, pooside, had some drinks and did some souvenier shopping. Overall it was amazing and I now love FLORIDA!!!