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2/6/2020 – fly to Florida

Thursday

Up at 5 am. Drove to Newark for 11am flight to Miami. The usual cattle car experience.

Very long traversal of the airport in Miami to get to the car rental agency. Arrived at hotel in Miami Beach by 5pm. Checked in to Urbanica Euclid Hotel.

Went to Perez Museum of Art in Miami. Much new on display.

Dinner at Orilla Cafe and Bar in the same building as the hotel.

2/6/2019 – Swap Shop, Homestead, Coral Castle Museum, Miami

Wednesday 2/6/19

Drove to Swap Shop and Drive In Theatre on Sunset Blvd in Ft. Lauderdale.

Looked for a new pocket knife and clip on sunglasses. Unsuccessful. Place is an enormous flea market with many permanent shops and then outdoors people unloading stuff from their vans, pickups, and station wagons. Lots of immigrants. You could find anything here.

Then drove some 60 miles south to Homestead FL to Coral Castle Museum. This quirky tourist attraction features the monomaniacal work of one five foot tall man Ed Leedskalnin from Latvia.Lunch nearby at Salvadoran Cuisine restaraunt.

Karen’s fish soup.

Drove back north to downtown Miami to hotel. Atton Brickell Hotel. 1500 SW 1 Ave Miami, FL

Watched part of Jurassic Park on the roof in the pool garden area. Terrible movie.