Day 3 - Miami Beach 🏝️

Today was the final day of the meeting, and our final day in Miami! The meeting only lasted until around 12pm, so we had half the day to explore, since our flight didn’t leave until 8pm. The meeting concluded pretty quickly, and they provided breakfast and lunch as well! 😄
After, we had to check out of our hotel, quickly changed into more comfortable outfits and left our luggage in the storage area. It was very hot that day too, plus we planned to go to the beach! None of us had bathing suits so we just wanted to take a look, then leave haha… we decided to take an uber to downtown Miami, and bus over to the beach. I think we got free bus rides there and back because our credit cards didn’t tap properly in the bus… oops!
We arrived and the sun felt especially hot today, I was so worried about getting sunburnt! I was tempted to buy sunscreen, but everything was so expensive in the US 🥲my coworker bought a hat though since it was super sunny! We walked over to the beach and it was so beautiful, but exceptionally hot! It was a Saturday as well, so it was pretty busy! Many families out and playing in the waters!
Because it was so hot, we were desperately looking for a cafe to grab a cool drink and rest from the sun. There were a few around, but since it’s a touristy area, the prices were pretty high… we ended up settling at a random cafe, called Grand Cafe. We both got vanilla iced coffees, and decided to share an açai bowl too! Definitely refreshing for a hot day! 🥵
We also really wanted to experience happy hour in Miami, so we took the bus back to downtown and we’re looking for a cool bar to chill at before we leave. Luckily we left when we did, because it started raining while we were in the bus! We initially were looking for a speakeasy to go to, but some were either not open yet (at 4pm) or they were exclusive to members only. We found a cute one near our hotel and settled to get drinks there! We opted for a mojito (me) and a margarita (my coworker)! 🍹 We also saw some snacks on their happy hour, so we got some truffle fries, which were sooooo delicious!
We went back to the hotel to pick up our luggage, and wait for our driver to bring us back to the airport. We got to the airport and it was an absolute downpour! We were afraid our flight could get delayed! Also luckily we arrived early, I had some issues with my passport not connecting to my ticket :( so I had to go back to the booth and re-check in… I was so afraid I wouldn’t get through security on time. Thankfully it went smoothly, and we boarded the plane back to Toronto! 🛬 And just like that, our mini trip was over!Read more