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So yesterday we went to Miami

Yesterday, my friends Kevin and Lisa, along with my sister and I, went down to Miami once again. We didn’t spend as much time there as last time, but it was still a long time: we left at 1:30 and got back at 9:30. There were no delays on the train ride this time, so we were in Miami relatively quickly (about an hour).

Once we got downtown, we decided that we’d go to the Omni Mall. Having seen it on a transit map, we made our way there by the Metromover only to find that it was no longer a mall but a college. We walked all the way back to the heart of downtown. It was a long time before we made it to an actual sidewalk. By the way, there’s a lot of construction going on in Miami.

After that, we decided that we’d go down to the Dadeland Mall. Last time we went to some stores that were near the Dadeland Mall, but we didn’t actually go to the mall, which is near the southernmost Metrorail station. (It’s near the station; it’s actually a few blocks away. A few blocks that you have to walk and cross streets that aren’t meant to be crossed.) We checked out some stores, but it’s a really small place, so we were done with that quickly.

By the time we got outside, it was looking like it was going to rain, so Kevin’s idea of checking out UM was scrapped. Instead we headed back downtown. Walking through the financial district around Brickell Avenue was interesting. The sky was cloudy and the road was already well shaded. An endless stream of large/expensive/fast cars passed us by. Kevin put it best when he said that the buildings were “throwing up suits and ties.” When we got back to the heart of downtown, we ate dinner at Bayside. Well, Kevin and I did, anyway. Kristen and Lisa shopped.

By that time it was time for us to go back, so we rode the Metrorail to the Tri-Rail to await the train. We actually get there in plenty of time, but it was better than missing the train, which happened to be the last one of the night. And then the train took us home, and that was it.

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