Blogs from Keys, Florida, United States, North America - page 8

Geo: 24.5541, -81.801... read more

15 avril 2010 : Nous arrivons à Key West, une autre île qui dépend de la Floride. Visite de la ville à bord du "Conch Train" Nous faisons ensuite une petite promenade à pied jusqu'à 14h00. Nous en profitons pour voir la maison dans laquelle vécut Ernest Hemingway, puis nous allons à "Southernmost Point Continental USA", le point le plus au sud des Etats-Unis situé à 90 miles (145 kilomètres) de Cuba. Retour à bord pour un peu de repos avant la prochaine nuit qui va nous ramener à Miami où nous arriverons demain matin... read more

Today we headed down to the Florida Keys for a day of fun in the sun. The drive down was pretty interesting, with water on both sides of the road for some stretches, and quite the long bridges. Seeing iguanas on the road and sides of the road all during the drive was pretty neat as well. Wasn't able to get a picture of any of them though, as if we got close they would run away, and the other times the road was too tight to stop on the side and take a picture. Hopefully get one on the way back! Saw the sunset over the ocean which was beautiful. Along with the sail boats that kept going side to side in front of the setting sun. There were many street performers on the boardwalk ... read more

Up early to keep a close eye out for breakfast being served! Helped ourselves to bagels, jelly, cream cheese and peanut butter, Alex added 2 muffins and 2 apples! After all that food, headed off to one of the many cycle hire places, options were, electric car (too easy) moped (alex convinced we would come off it) tandem (yeah right) or bicycle. So a nice turquoise one for me and a slightly more mach one for Alex (apart from the rather camp basket). Now thankfully Florida is the flattest state in the US I have ever been to and Key West is no exception, ( cue my knees giving thanks to the god of muscles and joints). So in theory this should be easy...one drawback, no brakes, apparently just back pedal, hmmm interesting. Scraped 2 inches ... read more

So, after 18 days and 6800-odd miles we arrived in Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades) USA. The clocks had gone back 5 times in 7 days. That meant 5 extra hours in bed!! We thought as this is the ship's inaugural crossing and first time to Ft. Lauderdale we would be greeted by a brass band and treated to a firework display. The Royal Princess came along side at just after 3.30am. No brass band. No fireworks. The local elementary school band and a roman candle would have sufficed! Nothing too flash. The only noise that could be heard was the snoring from where the ships bulkhead was missing a rivet or two outside Linda's cabin!!! (she obviously had no luck with the Maintenance Department!!) Speaking of the clocks going back another bizarre thing happened. We had ... read more