Honeymoon: Day 2

We've now been in Miami for 2 days, and it is total paradise! Despite earlier forecasts for possible hurricanes and storms, it's been nothing but sunny and beautiful here.

We left home yesterday at 4:45AM to catch a 6:40AM flight at Newark Airport. We arrived yesterday morning at 9:30AM to a rainy Miami airport, but as soon as we arrived at the Ritz-Carlton hotel, it was perfectly sunny. Being on our honeymoon immediately started to pay off-- When we checked into the hotel, we were upgraded to a balcony room with a pool view! Yesterday was spent exploring the area and scoping out the local restaurants and shops. When we returned to our room in the afternoon, we received a pleasant surprise of chocolate covered strawberries in our room along with a card of congratulations from the hotel staff! After a brief nap, we went to dinner at Barolo, where the highlight of dinner was the amazing calamari and yummy molten chocolate cake.

This morning was spent sleeping in, since we were exhausted from yesterday's travel. We then relaxed by the pool for an hour and then headed out for lunch at a local pizzeria. We wandered around some shops and galleries and then spent the afternoon on our balcony reading, relaxing, and napping. Later in the evening, we enjoyed a lovely dinner in South Beach at Oriente, an Asian-Cuban restaurant. We enjoyed delicious calamari, wine, and skirt steaks.

We're looking forward to checking out the beach tomorrow and spending some more time relaxing!