Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Spring Break 2018 - Tour of Southeast USA and the Caribbean

We spent 3 days in Chattanooga (Ringgold, GA), 3 days in Miami (South Beach) and 3 days on a Royal Caribbean cruise (hitting Coco Cay, Bahamas and Nassau, Bahamas)...

Here are photos in no particular order. Too tired to organize them.


We found a friend down the street called Jay who was fishing on the pond right next to Halmoni and Haraboji's house and offered to have the boys fish with him. For Olin, who has been begging to fish for months, this was a nice surprise. They didn't catch anything but Jay did catch (and release) one fish.



The South

Tennessee aquarium - touching stingrays

Ordering hush puppies from a take out window in Chattanooga

Christian next to a picture of a sea otter. 

Hush puppies

Chick Fil-a at every airport

Welcome to Miami

Dinner at Havana 1957





More Tennessee aquarium

Huge turtle



How many frogs can you spot?

French-Persian restaurant, Fooq's, in Miami

Gator Park. They both said this alligator was heavy. The big one in the back was fake.

Miami pool. Olin kept dumping water on Baba's head

Carrying groceries home

Chess at hotel

Tequiza's waiting for food

Delicious food at Tequiza's

"Sand Castle"

Dinner at Makoto in Miami

First time at laundromat for the kids, in Miami 

On board the cruise - waiting at Muster Station 8 for our safety drill

Flying high on the corded trampoline jumps, aboard the cruise

Empanadas and "guava and cheese" danishes at this Cuban take-out place in Miami.

Olin's first permanent tooth! Shark tooth, #25.

Our kids heard the word show, and they wanted to go. They didn't realize it was a boring shopping show aboard the cruise.


Nassau was interesting. We walked a bit and the kids complained it was hot and humid.

Lots of pink.

Queen's Steps - a set of stairs in the middle of the city.

Our room - bunks came out of the ceiling. Good use of space, just like Disney.

Family GagaBall. Goal is to get other people out by hitting their shins or feet with the ball.

Coco Cay, Bahamas



Watching the "World's Sexiest Man" competition. hahaha.


Shuffleboard on board



Gator Park in the Everglades (during Miami portion)


Gator!

Everglades



Lots of waiting time at airport. This was the only Mad Libs we could find at Miami Airport.

Sleeping. Last flight got changed by 4 hours later.

Jumping on South Beach.

The Egg, a walkway in our hotel




Leaving Nassau. Atlantis Resort is in background.

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