Day 18 - Exploring Miami

This morning we woke up to a note on the frontdoor:"I´ll be back around 10:30 with bagels etc. for breakfast". American hospitality at play.

After eating several bagels and several cups of coffee we headed out.

Today Lars and Erik went to ,what Lars later called "bonsai heaven", a garden center to get some equipment for Lars´s bonsai tree. At this place they had trees which were over 100 years old and had been taken care of by several generations of bonsai greenkeepers. Lars found what he wanted plus some extra so the trip was a success.

I went to check our Miami´s museum and ended up at Lowe Art Gallery at University of Miami campus were they showed photographs from Arnold Newman and another exhibition which showed the history of printmaking in photography. They both were great.

When i went back to downtown Miami i took the free tram around in the city. This tram was approx. 10 meters above the ground and went thru several buildings, up and down. Like a small and slow rollercoaster. I also accidentally ,and suddenly, found myself in a neighborhood in which i wouldn´t want to be at night. It was ok though.

We hooked up later and went to eat down at at bay.

When we got back we found out that there is a spaceship launch tomorrow night at kennedy space center on cape canaveral. This lauch was scheduled for tonight but got posponed because a lightning hit the shuttle right before launch. Lucky for us! We are leaving tomorrow morning and will watch the thing from a distance since the tickets to the visitors center is ,of course, sold out. It will be cool anyways!