Miami won me over

Last month, I had the chance to take a trip to Miami. Since I’m a mountain and lake girl, I was ambivalent at first. When I arrived, I fell in love with the colors, palm trees, and diverse residents. We stayed in a nice hotel on the crystal blue ocean, so I thought, “What’s not to like?” But the energy from the people I encountered made me fall in love with Miami.

Usually, if I hear a language spoken near me, for example, in a restaurant, I can place it in Spanish, French, Russian, or German. But there were others from Europe and Africa that I was unfamiliar with.

The large Jewish community provided Kosher beach clubs and their ambulance service, Hatzalah South Florida, although they will help anyone. Just down the beach was a Russian and Turkish Bath. That was definitely new for me, and I would have liked to see what it was about, but then I would have had to get off my lounge chair and listen to the surf, and that was not going to happen.