Miami Day 2

WOW! What a day in Miami, FL.  We rented a car today and went EVERYWHERE!

Our first stop was at the Cape Florida Lighthouse.  I got a 'tourist' brochure from the hotel lobby last night and was going through it and saw that Florida has a lighthouse and the first thing I did was think of my Momma!  So after breakfast today Daniel and I took a taxi (1st taxi ride ever btw) to a 'rental car center' (yes I said center)... See here in Miami they don't have rental car companies on any random street they have a whole center for rental cars.  It's this 4 story parking garage that has like 10 rental car companies inside it where you can rent a car. So we rented a car and headed out to this lighthouse.  Luckly the rental car company had a GPS that we could use so that helped us find all of our destinations.  Below is a pic. of the Miami Skyline while we were driving to the lighthouse...

 Miami Skyline

 So finally we made it to the Cape Florida Lighthouse which is located on in the Bill Bags Cape Florida State Park on Biscayne Bay.  We got to climb all the way to the top of the lighthouse which was WAY COOL but OMG it was so many steps and you got so dizzy going around and around in a circle up the spiral staircase, BUT once you got up there and stepped out on the deck it was a GEORGOUS view.  Pic's below:

Cape Florida Lighthouse

 View from the top of the lighthouse!

 So after we worked up a good sweat climbing to the top of this beautiful lighthouse we ate at a little restraunt called Lighthouse Cafe. (Which really wasn't that great but that's okay)

Our Next Stop... Miami Beach aka South Beach..

On our way to South Beach we found where the Port of Miami was and there were three ships docked leaving out today.  One was a Carnival Cruise Ship (This ship is smaller than our ship however)

Another Ship that was in Port from Carnival.

Once we reached Miami Beach we saw so much.  Miami Beach was a very happening area.  There were SO MANY people there and the town was just so alive.  Every corner you turned there was a bar and music playing.  We decided to step away from the city life but before we headed to the beach I got to see DASH Miami (anyone who watch the Kardashian's know what this is)... so anyway we headed to the beach for awhile and took a nice little stroll on the South Miami Beach.

 South Miami Beach, FL

 After that we just decided to drive around and low and behold guess what we found!... the MIAMI CITY BALLET.  (anyone who knows me knows why I was super excited to find this place)!

 Miami City Ballet

After that we continued to drive until the GPS lead us to the Holocaust Memorial which was awesome.  There were walls of historical information on the Holocaust.  Here's one pic. of the Memorial but many more moving pic's to come after we get back.

 Holocaust Memorial

 After that we continued to drive around for a bit until we finally were ready to come back to the hotel PLUS we couldn't miss the Manager's reception with FREE Drinks! 

Well that's about the majority of what we did today.  Of course there is so many pictures that were taken but everyone can wait until we get home to see the rest of them.  : )

Well tomorrow's the day that we get to board the Carnival Liberty.  Daniel and I can't wait.  We are checking out at 10:45 AM and the hotel will take us to the port at 11:00 AM.  Talk to everyone once we are on-board.  Love you guys!

Myriah and Garrett... Look at the moon tonight b/c Mommy and Daddy are looking at it thinking about you!  We Love and Miss you bunches!  ♥ ♥ ♥

Kim & Daniel