Miami Coastal Escape | 5-Day Itinerary 🌊
📍 Day 1: Arrival & Dinner Travel: Flew from Philly → Miami (starving by evening!). Dinner: Moxies (solid American fare, ~$60/person). Stay: Airbnb near W Hotel (clean + close to Whole Foods for breakfast runs). 📍 Day 2: Gardens & Cuban Vibes 🌿 Vizcaya Museum ($25) Photos: Baroque gardens, waterfront gazebo (low-key Versailles vibes). 🇨🇺 Little Havana Eats: Azúcar Ice Cream (meh, but Instagrammable). Cuban sandwich (life-changing!). La Colada Coffee: Custom recs from baristas. Dinner: Old Havana (oxtail stew + live salsa music = dance break!). 📍 Day 3: Everglades + Beach Chaos 🐊 Everglades Park (~$35) Airboat ride: “Flying” over grass, saw one (1) lazy gator. Failed rebellion: Tried hiking, got escorted back by rangers 😅. 🏖️ South Beach Beach fails: Sister #1: Fell asleep → sunburned. Sister #2: Dropped phone in ocean (survived!). Lunch: Random Spanish spot on Washington Ave (shockingly good). Dinner: Joe’s Stone Crab Lite (budget-friendly crab fix). 📍 Day 4: Key West Madness 🚌 Road Trip (4 hrs, $45 round-trip) Skydiving: Sisters jumped; I waved from the ground ✌️. Hemingway House: 50+ cats (including polydactyl celebs). Lighthouse: Climbed up, froze with fear, crawled down. 🍽️ Key West Eats Lunch: DJ’s Clam Shack (overpriced lobster roll 👎). Dinner: Back to Miami → W Hotel’s Mexican spot (expensive + wrong orders). Plan B: Moxies redemption meal. 📍 Day 5: Art & Oysters 🎨 Wynwood Walls Murals: Found a “Fixing Earth” graffiti (new life motto). Bayside Market: Souvenir haul + people-watching. 🍽️ Final Feasts Lunch: Ceviche 105 (tangy Peruvian fish = elite). Happy Hour: 72 oysters split 3 ways (no regrets). 💡 Lessons Learned ✔ Everglades: Skip the tour, hike Anhinga Trail for gators. ✔ Key West: Overnight stay > day trip. ✔ Wynwood: Go early (art burns calories). #MiamiOrBust #SunburnDiaries #OysterOverdose
