Blogs from Deerfield Beach, Florida, United States, North America

Decided to leave early (Friday around 10:15 a.m.) to avoid any potential problems, it turned out the trip-rail was actually early (unbelievable), finally got to the airport at 12:20 a.m. The trip rail takes you all the way down to a new station and from there you take another train to the airport, IT'S ACTUALLY GETTING BETTER... GO MIAMI!!!! (no more buses to take and the delays that company these)... read more

On the way into Deerfield Park on Saturday, we noticed a sign for the butterfly park. Also, we had been given a discount ticket by the apartment owners. This morning we headed to the butterfly park, but were not expecting too much. We were very pleasantly surprised. There was an area where butterflies flew wild within a huge enclosure that you walk through. After this was a similar enclosure full of little birds. The next room had about 10 medium sized parrots. We were offered liquid food to eat them. What a great experience this was. See loaded photographs etc. It's been a nice 92 degrees for the past few days now. We were in the park for a good 3 hours this morning and would definitely recommend this to anyone visiting this area. Had a ... read more

Whilst we have been in Tenerife, we have been doing a lot of walking. Most of this is being done wearing beach sandals, so we are always on the lookout for good quality reasonable priced ones. When we were in the shops on Sunday, Theresa bought a good pair that had been reduced from $19.99 to $9.99 (about £7 with tax). She has worn them since and they are very comfortable. This morning we went back to Kmart where Theresa bought another pair and George bought two different pairs. These should keep us in shoes for quite a while now. Whenever we visit the USA, we always try to visit our local Costco store. We have membership in the UK which entitles us to use the stores here. We found the nearest store was only about ... read more

We are both a bit tired this morning after the last couple of days travelling. We have decided on an easy day today to take in our surroundings. Major shopping for us today. Took a walk across to the sea first thing. The wind is still very strong and the waves are huge. There are two guys in the sea trying to surf, but they did not make it onto their boards whilst we can see them. The current took them right past us and down south towards Fort Lauderdale. Sea looks very violent. The wind calmed down at lunch time and the sun started to show its way through the clouds. Drove round to the back of the apartment and onto highway 1. This is the main tourist route down through Miami through to Florida ... read more