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| MERRY CHRISTMAS!! |
Steps – 7,688 – not bad for a travel day
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
As expected, travelling on Christmas Day was same ol’. We were in row 1 on the plane, so that meant food and drinks were included – breakfast and a mimosa was Christmas breakfast. Later we were offered packaged snacks and another drink. I read a bit of the Ina Garten autobiography, Watched the Wham last Christmas doc and we were in Fort Lauderdale. For a flight that was close to 6 hours, it was AOK.
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| WOAH!?! |
Although the cruise is leaving from Miami, we decided to stay in Fort Lauderdale. Fort Lauderdale is about 45 minutes away from Miami by car, so we either do that at the beginning on the way to a hotel, or on the way to the boat. We stayed in Miami the last 2 cruises we’ve taken from Miami, so decided to spend some time in Lort Lauderdale.
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| would recommend |
We chose The AC Fort Lauderdale Beach Hotel because
it is close to the beach and a restaurant/bar/commercial area. It is on the basic
side, but definitely well situated. Once we checked in, unpacked a very minimal
amount, showered off the airport grime we hit the town.
As it seems like all hotels do these days
whether or not they are actual resorts, this hotel charged us a ‘destination
fee’. What do you get for that fee you might ask, basically things you’d expect
at a hotel. This fee is $30 (relatively small compared to ones we’ve paid in Vegas!)
and that actually gives us a $30 credit to use in the hotel. We used this to
get a drink in the hotel bar before heading out while playing our traditional 'sitting at the bar Wordle".
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| would recommend |
We wandered a bit and found a spot out sit
outside where a duo was playing – some Christmas and some Latin…nice!
We were fast asleep before 10:30!
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| Christmas luck! |
Did you know… Fort Lauderdale (pop 182,760) is
the tenth-most populous city in Florida – that surprised me. I thought Fort Lauderdale
was bigger.
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