Seminole Hard Rock Casino

It’s official now… after a year of ‘probation’ in Forida . I officially gave my resignition at the company where I worked for more than 2 decades: Cronos. I unsubscribed from Belgium and now officially live in the U.S. It felt kind of “shaky” and it had an emotional impact on me for a couple of hours, but I got over it when I opened my windows and saw this magical view first thing in the morning

Not a lot has happened since I last wrote… there’s no need to “do” much because we are so busy during the week with working on our future here. But during the weekends we try to slow down and take some time for ourselves. And there’s still so much to discover! I used to walk after lunch with my colleagues… here I take my bike and go to the “New River”. I have my regular tour and usually my ‘exercise’ takes about an hour 🙂

The ocean is warming up and I had my first swim since December. The water was absolutely fabulous and there was a wonderful breeze. Little did I know when I filmed the Oasis of the Seas leaving Fort Lauderdale, an ex-colleague of mine was on board. (Inge Duyck, what a shame we missed each other!!).

Never seen these beautiful blue creatures in my life. They washed ashore and are called Velella Velella. They’re related to a jellyfish but don’t have a harmful sting. They float and sometimes wash up by the thousands — even millions.

Easter weekend was fabulous! We drove to “Hollywood”, some kind of resort where merely “Snowbirds” stay during winter season… loads of +65 Canadians here. Cozy little village with a nice beach, but wouldn’t trade it for Fort Lauderdale in a zillion years!

Look at this house and car parked on the lane… it could be a picture from the sixties! Leaving Hollywood and heading to the Seminole Hard Rock Casino , which is only 15 minutes from our home. Not that we like to gamble, but I was curious to see it, just because they organize a lot of concerts there. Our first dollar kept us busy on this machine and we kept on winning… then the money was gone but we had 15 minutes of fun for just 1$ 🙂 That’s the way to do it!!! 5 Minutes later we lost 20 bucks in just 1 minute on the roulette (NOT the way to do it… then we stopped playing lol).

Most of the casino’s in the U.S. & Canada are operated by Indian reservations. As of 2011, there were 460 gambling operations run by 240 tribes with a total annual revenue of $27 billion. I was merely fascinated by the costumes/dresses of Michael Jackson, Madonna, Shakira & shoes worn by John Lennon, Cindy Lauper, The Pointer Sisters,…

We were getting thirsty but with this beautiful weather didn’t want to spend more time indoors. So off we went to our favorite terrace… it was happy hour so 2 Pinot Grigio’s for the price of 1… and guess who was a little drunk? Not this guy on the left, but the lady who took the picture lol !!!! I just had to take a shot of these 2 beautiful ladies… mother and daughter… they could be sisters 🙂

The weekend after Easter friends from Belgium came to visit us for the day. They just arrived from NY and were now enjoying some sun in Miami. We had such a lovely day with them. A beautiful family : David, Leila, Gaëtan & Alicia ❤

Since a couple of days we have a new visitor… meet Mr. Crow… he’s VERY noisy ! Wonder what message he’s bringing us?

Since we work from “home” and while it’s not too hot to sit outside, this is our office. It might look like we’re on holiday most of the time, but this guy works at least 60 hours per week. Luckily he calls his work ‘FUN’… if not, we wouldn’t be this happy I guess 🙂

And last weekend we discovered a little antique market… here they call it : big yard sale. Love to browse around and “touch” all the goodies spread out on the table… ready for some great findings!!!

We didn’t eat McDonald in ages! I know it’s “crap” and the bread was sticking on my teeth… but the fishburgers tasted like heaven 🙂

Only in America !!!!! One moment we pass this car that looks like a wreck (one could hardly see his wheels and no, it’s not “brown” but “rusty”)… and hardly 2 minutes later we see this beauty ❤

What a location to get married… next to the New River… a perfect place to say : YES, I DO ❤