Sunday, June 10, 2012

Miami Sights

 

So this is what you do when you have only 3 days in Miami. 

You get on a bus and be a tourist.

 

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You spend 4 hours driving around the city in this sightseeing van

 

 

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Washington Avenue

 

 

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 Holocaust Memorial

 

 

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Ocean Drive

 

 

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The Carlyle

 

 

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Versace Mansion
(Gianni was murdered right in front of this house!)

 

 

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News Cafe

 

 

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Vintage ride

 

 

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Some celebrity's house (Sorry, I forgot whose)

 

 

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Madonna's former home. She bought the property in 1992 for $4.9 million
and sold it in 2000 for $7.5 million.

 

 

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Coconut Grove's open air shopping mall

 

 

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Plymouth Congregational Church

 

 

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Charlotte Jane Memorial Park

 

 

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Some celebrity's mansion

 

 

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CIA's Top Secret Boathouse (not so top secret anymore)

 

 

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 Biltmore Hotel

 

 

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Biltmore Hotel and my tour mates

 

 

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Biltmore Hotel Courtyard

 

 

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Biltmore Hotel Pool

 

 

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The Venetian Pool

 

 

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 This 820,000 gallon pool is fed with spring water from an underground aquifer. 
In the spring and summer seasons, the pool is filled and drained daily!

 

 

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Maximo Gomez Park or "Domino Park" in Little Havana

 

 

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From opening till closing, the park is filled with senior citizens chitchatting and playing dominoes

 

 

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 By the Domino Park is a souvenir shop selling all kinds of Cuban goodies including
Cuban cigars and, of course, dominoes!

 

 

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Cuban coffee for us to sample. So good I bought a cup!

 

 

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I miss Miami

 

Miami Tour Company: http://miamitourcompany.com/home.php

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