Miami River

Though we didn’t intend to be up and about that early, we were awake as Insignia was on approach to its berth @ Terminal J at 6:15a. That being the case, we went up to the Terrace Café for breakfast just as the rising sun began to dispel the unusual-for-Miami chill in the air.

We were ready to disembark as soon as the ship was cleared. Though there were a number of people ahead of us, the process went smoothly. Since we did not have bags to claim, we went directly to the immigration checkpoint and breezed through in short order. By 8:30a, we were getting off in front of the Ross store … from where we began the meandering walk that saw us clocking nearly 17,500 steps today.

We had nothing special on the agenda for our turnaround day. Just some errands to run … a haircut for Mui and a bit of shopping (still on a quest for white sandals). Mui succeeded in finding a barber … I still have no white sandals. Oh well, I’ll have to make do without.

Grabbing a bite to eat from the food trucks in Brickell, we slowly began the return trek to the downtown core, crossing the Miami River to connect to the waterfront promenade. That led us to the Bayside Market for a couple of sweet treats from Mamma Mia, a gelateria that has pretty decent gelato.

After a phone call to Turkey to chat with mom, we hopped in an Uber back to port. This time the driver listened when we told him that his GPS was going to send him to the wrong place. With Mui giving him directions, we got where we wanted to go without getting a “free tour” of the Port of Miami!

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