The one where we have a Miami hotel adventure!

We decided to do a day in Miami to give ourselves some breathing room between flights.  We got in around 10 PM last night after a fairly uneventful flight.  We were both so exhausted by that point that we were bordering on delirium.   I (Cathy) went to get our rental car, which turned out to be a super sexy mini-van.  We will be rolling around Miami in style- haters to the left!

Our hotel was only a few miles away, but it was raining and dark, so it took us awhile to get there.  It advertised itself as a "boutique hotel."  I'd always heard of those, but had never stayed in one, so I was really curious what was so "boutique" about it.  It's been strange so far!

We have a garage!  And we are supposed to go in to our room using the garage.  Having a garage is awesome, but Kirk and I drive smaller cars than mini-vans in our everyday life, so trying to get our behemoth into the one car garage was a comedy of errors, but we finally managed to squeeze it in.

We had to fold the mirrors in to make it fit.  Note the cracked wood on the right-that was not from us.

Our hotel room is a bit odd.  We have a lovely view of the shower from our bed, and our bathroom door is see through.  Oddly enough, this is not the first time we've had a see through bathroom door- we had one in Amsterdam years ago!  Still, I will say that I am firmly on team Opaque Doors for Bathrooms, so the see through door is kind of a bummer. 

The grumpy guy painting gives you a small measure of privacy.

The bed was super comfortable, but we did not sleep well because there was only one sheet on it and we were FREEZING!  I pulled out the sleeping bag liner from our bags and that helped, but it was still a cold night.  I would have called the front desk, but there's no phone in the room for some reason.  I would have checked the closets, but there are no closets in the room.

The most hilarious part of our stay so far has been the complementary breakfast.  We went to eat, and it contained a table of prepackaged croissants, yogurt, a plate of individually wrapped American cheese, and black coffee.  There was also a selection of jelly.  That's it.  No juice, no water, no cream, nothing else.

Yep.

  The room was being guarded by a woman with a fanny pack and a Bluetooth in her ear, and she took her job VERY seriously!   Apparently you are not allowed to remove any food from the food area, and she actually chased one guy out and made him throw away the half eaten croissant that he was taking with him.  She emphatically pointed at the rules that were posted on the door which stated that the food was to be enjoyed in the snack bar only.  I went up to ask her if there was any water available, and she shouted NO! and waved her finger in my face.  Okay then.

Kirk attempts to reenact the scene. 

 Being scolded by a person wearing a fanny pack gave Kirk and I the giggles, which were only increased when a man tried to sneak out with a yogurt in his pocket.  The yogurt fell out, and the man booked it, as though he had been trying to make off with the contents of a cash register rather than a store brand yogurt from a hotel breakfast room.

We ran into housekeeping on the way back from "breakfast."  Their housekeeping carts appear to be stolen Target cart filled with clean (we hope!) sheets.

Like Dave Barry says, I am not making this up.

We're trying to figure out what to do today.  We are both so completely exhausted that we are thinking of napping on the beach or some other equally low stakes activity.   We are leaving for the airport at 11 PM, and have a 2 AM flight.  We are looking forward to the next leg of our adventure!