It was a tiring couple days. Friday, we rented a car from Enterprise, and it took us over two-hours to drive to the airport area because of the I-85 bridge collapse, and having to use back roads. We saw areas of Atlanta we'd never seen before! We spent Friday night at the Homewood Suites Atlanta Airport, and left there around 9 AM this morning. We did curbside check-in, and I was taken in a wheelchair to an area of many people waiting in wheelchairs. I waited there for Ron, who had to return the rental car. It is not pleasant being so dependent, but there is no way I could have made the walk without this assistance. Despite cortisone injections in hip and knees, my back continues to throb and do me in. We finally got to the gate about 10:45 AM, and Ron was VERY TIRED. Lots of walking and hefting luggage.
The flight was about two hours (almost less than our drive time to the airport), and we enjoyed a couple of Bloody Marys.
The Miami airport experience was also tiring. I was fortunate to, again, have wheelchair assistance. There were no people-movers, and it was a long, long distance. The assistance only went so far though. He could not take us on the air train to the rental car area. I pulled a roll-on and a carry-on on/off the train. Ron had all the other luggage on a cart, but two bags kept falling off! In one of the elevators, a young couple helped pile the fallen luggage back on the cart, and when the doors opened, it fell off again, and once again the lady helped Thank Heavens! We were so glad when we finally got into the rental car - a Nissan.
Leaving the airport, our first stop was BJ's to pick up some things to take on board. Not to sound xenophobic, but NO ONE spoke English - not staff nor customers. Ron asked for a cart or shopping trolley, and the person looked at him like he was speaking Swahili!
Then we proceeded to our hotel, The Hyatt Regency Coral Gables. Somehow I had managed to get a junior suite with balcony using only 12,000 Hyatt points on some kind of promotion. A very pleasant beginning to our trip!
Coral Gables is one of the most beautiful areas of Miami. It was the first "planned community" in the US, established in the 1920's by George Merrick. It has enormous oak trees and predominantly Mediterranean architecture, and is known for its very strict zoning regulations.
We went to a popular tapas restaurant, Bulla, and enjoyed our gambas ajillo and charcuterie platter.
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