Part 3 - Continuing from "Spanish in Miami" - by Elizabeth Gregory
Because of the weather, bars and restaurants tend to be more open to the outdoors. Even the shops at Bayside consisted of an open air mall. There was live music (in Spanish) almost everywhere I went. Many people were up dancing and singing along. It made me sad to realize that I would have to come back home to an almost winter atmosphere where people rarely venture out in the cold unless they have to. Even though this time around I did not venture out to South Beach, I still had a great time and felt that I saw the city more the way the locals do. By hanging around the cafes, bars and live music in the evenings, I was able to get a taste of the local culture as opposed to the tourist resort culture that I had been accustomed to on prior visits to this city. There certainly was a lot of culture to be found everywhere I went.
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