We arrived in Miami Beach on December 30th, and decided to take the room for two nights since we didn't want to be looking for lodging on New Year's Eve. So we booked into the Best Western right on the beach. They didn't have any oceanfront rooms left, but kindly found one on the corner 
so we could see the ocean from our room. The room was quite nice, on the sixth floor - but I must tell you - the parking situation in Miami Beach is AWFUL! The hotels do not have parking space, so we had to find a City Parking spot and make sure to feed the meter all day. It was free to park from 6pm to 8am...so we only had to do it during the day, but it took a LOT of quarters. 
Ignoring that, the beach was wonderful..and although the water was cold, it was much warmer than I expected. Poppa went swimming way out deep, but I stayed close to the shore. We spent hours wandering up and down in the surf. We wandered up and down the streets close to the hotel and found a cute little place to eat, called the Chicken Kitchen. The food was good...lots of rice and lettuce and chicken...yummy!
Then back to the boardwalk - which was right at the back of our hotel. On New Year's Eve there were fireworks out on the beach, but after two days trudging through the sand, the surf and the streets, we all fell asleep before the big ball fell.
so we could see the ocean from our room. The room was quite nice, on the sixth floor - but I must tell you - the parking situation in Miami Beach is AWFUL! The hotels do not have parking space, so we had to find a City Parking spot and make sure to feed the meter all day. It was free to park from 6pm to 8am...so we only had to do it during the day, but it took a LOT of quarters. 
Ignoring that, the beach was wonderful..and although the water was cold, it was much warmer than I expected. Poppa went swimming way out deep, but I stayed close to the shore. We spent hours wandering up and down in the surf. We wandered up and down the streets close to the hotel and found a cute little place to eat, called the Chicken Kitchen. The food was good...lots of rice and lettuce and chicken...yummy!
Then back to the boardwalk - which was right at the back of our hotel. On New Year's Eve there were fireworks out on the beach, but after two days trudging through the sand, the surf and the streets, we all fell asleep before the big ball fell.
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