Today turned out to be a beautiful day! Hubby and I headed out in the late morning to do some last minute cruise shopping. We walked to the shopping center behind the hotel to pick up the Sun Trolley. This particular trolley's route took us along the beach front and ended up at the Galleria Mall. Perfect! We paid for an all day pass ($3/pp) and got stamped on our arm.
It took us a good 40 minutes with all the pick-ups and drop-offs to get to the mall. Wow! We were dropped off in front of PF Changes and Seasons 52 restaurants. Now, this is one beautiful mall.
Within an hour, we were able to find what we needed and decided to head back towards the 17th Street Causeway for lunch. We were bummed out yesterday that our favorite sushi place was closed for the New Year's. That was all hubby could think about as we were approaching the lunch hour. We arrived at Tokyo Sushi after 1pm. The last time we were here, two years ago, the restaurant was only open for dinner and it was busy. The restaurant was quiet with a few customers. We thoroughly enjoyed our meal of sashimi tuna, fried rice, asian salad, and an order of tuna rolls wrapped in cucumber. Yum!
After lunch we went back to Lauderdale Dive shop to find them closed for the second day. Hubby mentioned we could stop in before we leave for our cruise on Saturday morning. Hmmmm...that will require some thought and planning.
Next on our list was to visit Nature's Remedy shop. There, I was able to find a natural/organic bug spray to help deter any mosquitos we might encounter in the Caribbean. Better to be safe.
After all this shopping, a nap was in order. So, I thought. The weather was just doggone too beautiful to stay inside. We headed back out thinking we'd go back to the beach area. We waited at the trolley stop. We waited and waited. No trolley. We took off and walked along the 17th Street Causeway towards the draw bridge.
We spent some time watching all the yachts and small boats passing underneath the bridge. At one point, we were luck enough to see the draw bridge open to allow the tall sails to pass through.
We stayed out as long as we could and then headed back to the hotel. I had to do some repacking of the three suitcases as well as pack our winter travel clothes. From here on out, it's t-shirts, shorts, and flip-flops.
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