Honeymoon - Day 2

We awoke at 9:30 in the morning in darkness thanks to the heavy curtain covering the patio glass door. We got up and headed down for a nice continental breakfast which turned out to be less “free” than we were told. We decided on eating outside on this crisp and overcast Thursday morning. The food was OK and we hit up our favorite person, the concierge, to get her opinion of what to do for the day.She recommended taking the Old Town Trolley Tour and pointed out a few places of interest off the beaten path. We went back up to our room to freshen up before heading down to the lobby… only to miss the shuttle by one minute. After a moment of disbelief and confusion as to how we mismanaged out time, we decided to drive downtown and spend the $8 on all-day parking. The lot was dirt and patrolled by a man who proclaimed to be almost 56, a runaway at 14, and from Michigan City… but it could’ve been his a.m. mickey talking. We walked the couple of blocks to the trolley station and go aboard. The tour was interesting, better than I remember years ago. Our first stop where we got off had the lighthouse, Hemingway House, and a small French boutique, Besame Mucho, where I picked up the journal and Lis got some Bohemian chocolate. Our next stop on the trolley took us to the southernmost point in the USA which seemed VERY cleaned up from what I could remember.
We suddenly realized that it was 2pm and that we were hungry. We decided to stop for a bite to eat at this place across from the trolley stop that looked OK. Dinner Shores was the name of this wonderful gem that we believe now would and should be closed or burned to the ground by the health department. It took me three sets of silverware to find a fork without crusted on food and the food was low grade at best. We excused ourselves and continued the tour. Our last stop was Mallory Square. It was here where we did a bit of shopping. We got some post cards for friends and family and even bought, signed and mailed a coconut to the Rogers clan. Melissa then developed a sweet tooth and wanted to eat a cookie the size of her face.We both got our fill quick and decided to finish the tour. Once complete we walked back to the car and drove back to the hotel to clean up for dinner. 6 o’clock quickly came and we caught the shuttle to Pisces, a highly recommended seafood place for dinner. Melissa got the yellowtail snapper and I got the teriyaki glazed salmon. We split an app of pink shrimp and after $110 concluded that this may have been the best meal, ever. Dinner finished up at 7:45 and we walked back into town to catch the shuttle. The walk was nice and soothing, minus the blister that formed. We got back to the room only to realize I had left my hat at the restaurant! Once more we drove back to town to get the hat… and to make an ice cream stop. Once back in room 440 we again caught a move and called it a day/night.