Miami - Opulence and Rum ... Jaw Dropping luxury and a Fun Festival
Hitting Miami was one of the highlights ... and one of the key events during the trip was most certainly the
Miami RUM Renaissance Festival held annually and improving over the eight years it has run. Their www site says "
"Rum producers from all over the world come to introduce new products, meet with importers and distributers, buyers and retailers, as well as consultants on the distillation, packaging and marketing of rum worldwide.
For consumers, the Miami Rum Renaissance Festival is one of the world's premier international rum events, presenting a unique and exciting range of great rums to be sampled. For professionals, this is the world's largest and most important trade exposition for rum."
The Miami Everglades RV Resort is where I stayed before and after the Festival. During the show, I stayed in the convention parking lot - The Doubletree by Hilton Miami Airport Convention Center ... a great deal at $40 for 3 nights ! The RV site was about $60 per night ... with full services mind you.
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| The Country Coach in Everglades RV |
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| Miami Everglades RV park |
Exploring Miami ...
Upon arriving in Miami, I had a chance to explore South Beach before the festival started and, after the festival, even tried to get to Palm Beach, where the World Championships were being played. Unfortunately, entering the on-ramp to a freeway in Miami, heading north, the throttle cable broke on the Scooter !! Yuck. At least it happened at the END of the Miami visit !
Thanks to CAA, I was being towed back to the RV site on a flatbed within an hour ... so much for that day. And to fix it, I ended up setting up an appointment at a Scooter shop in Key West. Oh well.... nuts ... next on the trip.
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| To Miami Beach- Cruise ship Galore |
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| Downtown Miami - Heat and Concrete |
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South Beach strip ...
bars, bars, bars & Scooters |
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| Beach, Beach, Beach ..... Miami Beach .... South Beach in fact. |
Miami Rum Renaissance Festival
When I got to Miami, a friend, Alan B. who was also attending, texted to say their flight was delayed ... "could I sit in on being a Judge" ... Why "yes I could" :-) ... and so there were 19 rums to test and judge. I believe I did fairly well, as my #1 and #2 rums were eventual award winners... ! Some plenty good rums there....
Try to imagine a 40,000 sq. ft. conventional hall, complete with hundreds of booths, and each of them crooning ... "Come here ... try some of THIS ! " ... ooooo eeee ... pace oneself for sure. Ha.
Hmmm. Three pics may be too many.
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| Rum Consumer Jury - Tasting & Judging |
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| A Favourite - Diplomatico |
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Blind Tasting/Judging : 1 to 10
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Blind Tasting/Judging : 9 to 17
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Blind Tasting/Judging : to 22
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As a dessert menu, I am off to see the Florida Keys ... wanted to do that for some time now ...
Check the trip routing here ... on Google Maps ...
check out the "Likely Stops Along the Way"
and Tag along ... Next Stop
Fiesta Key RV , Florida
Cheers
sd
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