Our airport taxi arrived on time for our 3pm Air Canada flight to MIA via YYZ. It was our first time on Air Canada, and I had managed to changes our seats on the YYZ-MIA leg just before checking in so that we were seated together … PHEW!
Muffin was once again sad that there was no McDonalds in LHR. We ate at Pret just in case the plane food was bad … It wasn’t that bad, other than being a little too salty, having a lack of choice, and there was room for improvement in terms of presentation.
Our flight to YYZ followed the sunset most of the way …
Also, luckily I chose a 2 hour gap for our connecting flight — our LHR-YYZ flight was delayed by almost an hour so we would’ve missed it if I picked an earlier flight.
Once we arrived at MIA, we hopped onto the train that brought us straight to the car rental centre. From there it was pretty easy getting our car (we were allowed to pick any car from the "Compact" section). It was also easy getting to our hotel (Marriott Courtyard) in Coral Gables as I had decided to purchase a GPS — best purchase I’ve done in a while! And so begins our road trip around Florida!
The room at the Courtyard was quite standard — two queen beds, flat screen TV, shower over bathtub, etc. It was clean, and smoke free, and felt safe.