Travel: Miami 2016

So I'm back from my holiday and I did absolutely nothing blog wise that I was planning on doing, no outfit of the day pictures, no vlogs, all I've got is a nice tan, some cool memz and of course a couple of little prezzies for myself, so maybe I'll make a 'Miami Haul' post but I can't promise anything.
I'm going to make this post a quick summary post of what I did each day, maybe I'll add a couple tips and some nice places to eat if you ever find yourself in South Beach.

We left for London on Monday August 22nd, we travelled there by National Express coach, we mainly did this because it was a hell of a lot cheaper than the train at £11 for the two of us but also it meant we didn't have to worry about dragging our suitcases on and off trains and other types of public transport. Our first stop in London was out hotel in Hammersmith where we just quickly dumped our bags and then headed straight to the Magnum pop-up store to enjoy an ice cream. For that evening we had bought a voucher for the pre-fix menu at Planet Hollywood, I highly recommend that if you want to eat here or at other places such as Hard Rock Cafe that you buy a gift voucher for their pre-fixed menus, this makes its so much cheaper plus there's still a lot of choices for you to choose from so there's bound to be something you like. We bought our voucher from Very.com for £40 this gave us 2 courses and a drink each, and for a nice restaurant in Central London this is amazing value.


Our flight was due to depart Heathrow's Terminal 3 at 10:40am the following morning, but even after we just made it thanks to a broken down underground, our flight got delayed by just under two hours due to the air conditioning unit breaking on the plane, which meant a late and warm start to the 9 hour journey to an even hotter Miami International. We arrived in Miami to a beautiful sunset and an even lovelier 711 Slurpee. We stayed at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel on Collins Avenue and honestly it was one of the nicest hotels I've had the pleasure of staying in.

Wednesday August 24th. Our first stop was the beach since we hadn't seen it yet even though our hotel backed on to it. We decided to start our food adventures in the most typical white girl way, with a Starbucks. That day we took a bus to Downtown Miami where we went to Bayside Marketplace to do a little bit of shopping and we ate lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe (which we had once again pre bought a voucher for.)


Thursday August 25th. We had breakfast at a place called Crema and I ate THE best breakfast pancakes I've ever had, I highly recommend it. We decided to just spend time exploring what was around us and that meant my first trip to Sephora and an afternoon spent poolside.

On Friday we took a morning trip to the Everglades where I got a sunburn and got to hold a baby alligator called Snappy. We also had some super good tacos from Bodega.

Saturday was a chill day before our early departure the next morning, we just hung out at the pool and walked along the beach, taking pictures of all the lifeguard stations.

Sunday was the day I had been waiting for my whole life, and no that's not an exaggeration. We had a really early start and long drive ahead but it was all worth it because I got to spend the day at Disney World's Magic Kingdom and I may or may not have done a little cry.

August 29th: We woke up late and brought a too expensive cocktail at the pool.

On Tuesday we once again had a long drive ahead of us all the way down to Key West, the most southern point of the continental USA. We were meant to go snorkelling whilst we were there however strong winds unfortunately meant that was cancelled and I'm still absolutely gutted about it however Key West was a really cute island and I got to have Denny's so it was worth it.

Wednesday 31st August. today we went to Aventura mall where I spent too much money and had The Cheesecake Factory for the first time.

Thursday was the day we needed to try and fit everything back in our suitcases which really isn't an easy task. We also had the biggest pizza ever courtesy of PizzaBar and walked it off with a trip to South Pointe Park.

Friday was our last day in Miami, we checked out of our hotel in the morning and they kindly stored our luggage for us so we could have a last sweep around the shops and paddle in the sea before making our way back to MIA for our overnight flight back to London. (p.s American Airlines are nowhere near as nice as British Airways)

California I think you're next x