Lovely Morning

Miami has been relaxing and great, especially every morning. Me and Cara wake up at Kristian's house in Miami and we have lazily had breakfast and relaxed.

Yesterday we left the house at about 1PM, and went to the Everglades Safari Park. We saw a ton of Gators, took an airboat ride, saw a gator show and saw some alligator exhibits. Cara held a baby alligator called Snappy, I did not as I value my fingers:


Then we headed to a Mall where I bought Knicks tickts and a Kevin Durant Jersey, and Cara got a Jaromir Jagr Jersey. We then played Boom Blox with Kristian and Adriana before heading to South Beach for Dinner. We ate at a pasta place, and it was quite tasty! We then sampled the nightlife at a club called Mangos where we tried to dance until the wee hours (but there wasn't a lot of room to dance).

Our Disney adventure was also amazing. I finally got to go to the EPCOT center at Disney, which was always one of my dreams as a little kid. Here is me close to EPCOT (standing underneath):

And here is me farther away:

Me and Rafiki:

We went and saw a pre-season baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the Boston Red Sox at Disney. Here is our view:


We really enjoyed Disney a lot, but we were glad when it was finally done, because it meant that we would not be walking quite so much for a while. We picked up our rental car from the Doubletree resort at Disney (after a 45 minute wait for service), and then we drove our little Ford Focus to the Kennedy Space Center! However I had only written directions on how to get to the Sapce Center from the major highways, and not how to get to the major highways from Disney, so we spent a little bit of time "exploring" Orlando.


The Kennedy Space Center was just as amazing as I remembered it from my last visit, but they had now added an International Space Station experience that I didn't see last time. Here is me with a Saturn V rocket (the kind they used for the Apollo missions):

And Cara:

And here is a Space Shuttle sitting at launch platform 39A, all ready to be launched:


After enjoying the space center we sped down Florida's Turnpike towards Miami where we were greeted by Kristian and Adriana. They have been very gracious hosts.

Today Cara and I had planned to head down to the Florida Keys, but we slept in a little too much, and so instead we went to the Miami Seaquarium and South Beach. At the Seaquarium we saw Turtles, Sharks, Iguanas, Macaws, Octopi, Fish, Plesiosaur fossils, Seals and Sea-lions. There were also a couple of shows with animal trainers, dolphins and a Killer Whale. That was awesome. Lolita the Whale made some big splashes, and it was cool.


Tomorrow we will get up early and head to the Keys, followed by Fort Lauderdale and New York! Tonight we are staying in and Adriana is cooking us a traditional Peruvian meal! Woo!