Much Needed Break in Florida!

This winter (as I've mentioned many times already) has been brutal! So we decided to cash in some frequent flier miles and get tickets to West Palm Beach.  This trip was incredible! Sun soaked, warm and relaxing, south Florida was the perfect destination for spring break. 

I downloaded a movie on my phone to entertain the baby...it didn't last long, but she was cute!

We spent the first couple of days in Miami.  We visited Little Havana, South Beach, downtown and University of Miami campus.  We also visited a mansion and its garden's and of course many restaurants. Another highlight was visiting the Everglades, riding an air boat and viewing alligators in their habitats. 

  

Day one in Coral Gables and Little Havana

Day 2 in South Beach

After Miami, we drove south.  We headed down to the Florida keys.  We made it half way down, before we turned back for the main land.  We weren't the biggest fan of the keys.  The beach we visited was unimpressive, the roads were trafficy and there wasn't much scenery.  They did serve the most amazing key lime pie though.  For some reason, I had always dreamed of tasting the goodness of authentic key lime pie and I was not disappointed.  

Pie and beaches

After the Keys we drove north back to the Palm Beach area.  West Palm Beach is one of the wealthiest places in the U.S. and we definitely saw many displays of that money.  The houses were palatial and gorgeous.  We enjoyed the beaches here and the shopping.  

Boynton Beach

Madeleine seemed so happy on this trip (most of the time) she LOVED the ocean and tried over and over to run straight into the water.  She has no fear whatsoever.  She also had the time of her life exploring all the new hotel rooms (we stayed in 4 different ones)  Besides from not sleeping that well at night, she was a very good baby for most of the trip.