Arrival in Miami

We landed safely in Miami and waited on the tarmac for about 20 mins before taxing to the gate.   Deplaned to an extremely busy airport.  We're not big fans of the Miami airport and only wish we where not having to travel out of it on the way home.   

Logged into the Lyft app and tried getting a ride to the hotel.   The second driver finally found us and we were on our way to the Intercontinental Hotel.  We booked the extra two nights here because when we booked the cruise two years ago,  Regent was using this hotel for the included night before the cruise accommodations.  They have since moved to another hotel further from the cruise port, The Biltmore Hotel.  We kept these reservations at the Intercontinental because it was close to shopping that the Biltmore was not.  

We were EXHAUSTED once getting to our room after flying all night and into the next day.  Cathy went into the bathroom to freshen up only to find it dirty with long black hairs in the counter top.  There was other evidence of a poorly cleaned room.  We went back down the to front desk to report it.  They told us to return to our room and be ready to move to another room.  The bell hop will be up shortly with replacement room keys.

After about 10 minutes the bell hop arrived and took us to an upgraded room overlooking the cruise port.  Wow, what a view from the 12th floor.  It was getting late. We freshen up and headed out looking for dinner.  We found a wonderful pizza place across the street from a Walgreens drug store.  After dinner we stopped a Walgreens for a few toiletries, we couldn't take on the plane, and headed back to the hotel. 

We went to bed early  around 8 PM local time.  I woke up a few times during the night and got up at 6:15 am the next day.   

As I write this entry at 7:45 AM Cathy is still sleeping.  She must still be on Alaska Time 3:45 AM.  Opened the shades to the room and found a beautiful day.  The one cruise ship has left and found 3 more in port this morning.  I am going to try to get Cathy up and going. I need to get some breakfast and start exploring the shoreline Park just outside our hotel.