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Some more shots of lovely, colourful, artificial Miami.

View from an apartment tower in South Beach, Florida.  Miami downtown, the exclusive Fisher Island, the Florida keys off in the sunny distance, and Biscayne Bay!

Okay, so I have to admit it… Miami is an interesting city.  I was a little hesitant about the trip and wondering why on earth I was even going there considering there are a hundred places I’m dying to get to and Miami was not one of them.  However!  It is definitely it’s own city with it’s own plastic and paint style.  Sunny and windy most days which meant there was always a fresh ocean air, and honestly when are palms trees blowing in the breeze next to turquoise waters not relaxing?  The answer is they always are.

When I go to a new place I love to submerse myself completely in the lifestyle of the city and this place has got some serious style if you know where to look.  I wasn’t working while there so everyday I got up and went to the gym before getting a smoothie and planning for my afternoon activity.  Aside from the regular tourist shopping area on Lincoln St and the Miami Beach-front there is a TON of stuff this city has to offer.  I rented a segway and was going crazy on the beach path with it, kissed a dolphin right on the nose at the seaquarium, took a jetski out in the bay between downtown and southbeach, took a cigarette boat tour that took us out in the open ocean and was flying over massive waves (I  think even the men on this tour were squealing with excitement), cruised Ocean Drive in a BMW convertible, saw where they filmed the Adams Family movie and the homes of many celebrities. And that’s just some of the fun.  The food there is nothing to talk about, but there were a select few restaurants that were really quite impressive.  I ate the best Chinese food of my life by modern Chinese cuisine genius Phillipe Chow… really… thee best.  And it was the night before I left back to Europe so it was a great way to end the trip.

The nightlife is well… extravagant and excessive.  Fire, dancers, shows, props, trapeze, lights, mass amounts of decoration all mean that they can charge you a hefty amount for drinks and tables.  I was there during the Winter Music Conference and Ultra Music Festival, and though I didn’t have tickets to the main events there were great dj’s appearing at all the good local clubs.  In saying that… the clubs (as well as -everything- else) were packed with people.  Made for a more stressful night than what I was looking for considering I was in vacay mode.

There was a reason for me not working while I was there though as I, of course, would love to have an agency there, my look is not marketable in Miami.  And really I couldn’t be much farther from the ideal of beauty in Miami if I tried.  Attention to all shorter blondes with large breasts… Miami is calling you.  Looks aside I felt like I stuck out like a sore thumb there while walking around in my normal everyday summer clothes cut off shorts, kicks, and a loose fitting tee… granted I wore all black and grey most days (because that’s all I seem to have in my wardrobe right now) and it’s more of a white/coloured clothing kind of city.  I don’t think I met one person more pale than myself while there either.  I also don’t think I met one single american while I was there… everyone I met was Italian, Spanish, Cuban, African, Argentinean, the list goes on.  And I think my Spanish vocabulary improved considering almost everyone there speaks it as there first language.

Overall review is that this is a cool city that is fun to visit just for a couple weeks or if you have a job with a relaxed schedule/work level then you’ll love being able to live there full time.  But beware hard workers because you’re going to become depressed quickly when you’re stuck inside and can’t get to the beach or out in the sun to have fun.  I enjoyed Miami and my time there and I hope to get back soon… but not too soon.  ;)