Miami is....warm. Very warm. There was often enough of a breeze today to keep it bearable. Parasailing just didn't happen today, unfortunately. We lunched, shopped, swam, and had dinner. A quite busy day in all, but nice.
I have a new, original design top and skirt. It's a black with red defining lines. I'll post a picture of something similar. Mick, Jenna and Charles very nicely humored me while I tried on every red and black item in the store.
Mick somehow got here without sandals. How she can live in Southern California and not own sandals completely escapes me. But then again, I wear sandals year round in Seattle. Anyway, Mick and Jenna bought shoes. I bought the basics for my Halloween costume, but you'll have to come to the Fairy Party to see it.
After a long afternoon of shopping, we took a dip in the pool and then went out to the beach. I discovered in New Orleans a few years ago that taking an dip in the pool once the sun is down can make the evening vastly more comfortable. I expect it's something we'll do on the ship as well. Jenna and Mick had fun sitting in the surf, but this resulted in them having large quantities of sand in their suits when they got back to their rooms.
It's truly amazing how few people were around on the beach. I was expecting a sea of people out there. Not so. I'll be curious to see if many have cancelled from the cruise. Speaking of, Ivan is well south and west, and looks to be headed north into the gulf. We should not have any problems getting on the ship and out, but it probably won't head west around Cuba as originally planned. More as I know. We saw a cruise ship sailing off over the horizon this evening. I grabbed a couple of pictures and we can tell it's a Royal Caribbean ship of the same size/class as the one we will be on, but can't make out the name.
Check out the WebShots, I'm planning to post some pictures when I finish this. I have a great deal of fun playing with the camera. I took a bunch of texture shots today, and pics of the bottle.
The entire reason for coming into Miami early was to visit PORCAO . It's a Brazilian restaraunt over in Miami. There's a salad and appetizer bar, but mostly it involves the waiters carrying large skewers of meat around the dining room. If you have your chit turned green side up, they will stop by and ask you if you want some of what every the are carrying. I think I had -- Turkey, 2 kinds of sausage, salmon, and 5 kinds of steak. Plus fried yuca (tasted just like potato), black beans with yuca flour, and brazilian cheese puffs. Jenna and Mick were quite taken with the breaded bananas. Blecht.
So if any of you are actually reading this, let me know.
Oh, and the sunburn report -- Day One in the tropics, and no burn yet. 45 sunscreen is your friend.
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