Friday, August 9, 2013

The Florida Keys!

Wow. That's all I have to say. Wow. As you know from my last post, I have just come back from vacationing in the Florida Keys! And I have to say, I didn't even feel like I was in America. I felt like I was on some sort of tropical island. Our trip consisted of visiting three different places. First, we went to an island called Islamorada. The resort we stayed in, called the Islander Resort, which I highly recommend if you plan on visiting, was amazing. It was pretty much your own apartment, with 2 bedrooms and bathrooms, a kitchen, two sofas (one is a pull out bed) and basically a sunroom. We were literally right on the beach. When you walked out of the sunroom, you were on the beach. It was unbelievable. And the view from our window was incredible. The next island we went to was Key West. We stayed there for a shorter period of time, but I still loved it. Key West was full of a historical locations, including the southern most point, which is the closest point to Cuba, Ernest Hemingway's house, and much more. And the butterfly conservatory which I loved, hehe. The last place we went to was Miami, which isn't part of the Keys, but whatever. Oh. My. God. Our apartment, it was the most high tech, luxurious place I've ever been in. There was an iphone dock built into the wall, and when you played your music on the dock it would come out of speakers that were actually part of the frame to a big mirror. But guess what. The mirror was a TV too. And guess what also. There was a TV on the ceiling above the bed, so if you're really tired, you just lay down and look up. How cool is that?? Anyway, this is getting to be really long, and most of you probably didn't read this far. Hope you guys are enjoying my posts so far! (Keep in mind that I had to take these pictures with my iphone due to an issue with my camera.)



Right when you walk out of the sunroom you see this.
A butterfly at the Butterfly Conservatory.

An alligator coming right up to our boat in the Everglades. His girlfriend came along behind him too ;)



More of the Everglades and gator huntin'  very early in the morning on our air boat.
A tiny section of a castle that we went to near Miami. This place was huge, with magnificent  gardens.
A Beautiful beach in/near Islamorada.