My Miami

Mar. 25, 2019:

Yesterday was a sea day, as the Explorer steamed towards Miami. Jim and I filled some of the time by taking a cooking class yesterday in Regent’s Culinary Arts Center onboard. Wow, is this a fun kitchen set up!  Not only are the instructors fabulous, but the kitchen crew sets up your mise en place for each dish and then, cleans up after you as you cook!  Our class yesterday was called “Perfectly Sauced and Tossed”. In addition to getting some really good recipes, we also learned some techniques I know we’ll use back home.

Today, most of our fellow passengers left the ship (except for 67 of us traveling onward), and that means the ship is in a turmoil all morning. The rest of us actually had to leave the ship briefly, to check in with Customs at the dock. I decided to use the opportunity to find a nail salon, and get a mani pedi at a reasonable price. As you can see from the picture, our ship is docked at the main cruise terminal in Miami harbor on Dodge Island.  From there, it is a short drive over the bridge to downtown Miami. Actually, the nail salon I found online was on 8^thStreet (Calle Ocho) in what is traditionally Miami’s little Havana neighborhood.  True to form, all the salon technicians primarily spoke Spanish, which wasn’t a problem.  The salon, called Neo Nails, was very nice and clean, and the service very good. Thus restored, I returned to the ship.

After getting everyone aboard and going through the obligatory lifeboat drill, we had a great sail away at sunset. Next stop in two days’ time is Bermuda.