It was nice to casually get up in the morning and have my cup of coffee and pay some bills before heading to Grand Rapids for our flight to Charlotte, North Carolina and on to Miami, Florida. I wanted to get a battery in my watch but the battery store could not get the back off so I guess it will be 10 o'clock the whole trip.
The sun is out and the roads were clear to Grand Rapids. Mom got padded down through security. I guess she is suspicious looking.
We are staying with the rest of the family at a cheaper hotel in Miami called the Quality Inn. The whole Gonyo family except for Uncle George is going on this cruise. We are cruising on the Norwegian Escape which is only a few months old. It is their largest ship in its fleet with almost 4300 passengers and 28 restaurants. It has a Carlo's Bakery on it. The singer Pitbull gave a concert on its christening voyage in the fall 2015.
We got to Miami around 6 pm and had to wait quite a while for the shuttle. We stayed with the rest of our group at the Quality Inn which wasn't that great of a hotel. It cost us $161 for the night which is cheap for Miami. We had dinner at a Colombian restaurant down the street which was pretty good. I got empanadas which were good. Had fried plantains and rice which had this sweet taste to it. I'm going to try and de-plug from texting and email for the week and will send journal updates next Saturday.
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