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Miami and the Beaches, History and Cultural Richness

March 1 - 6, 2009

 

The Newport Beachside Hotel and Resort
Sunny Isles Beach

host location

 

greeted by Bernie Kaplan, program leader

 

dinner at the hotel

 

George Neary

 

walked us through the Art Deco District

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lunch at the News Cafe

 

a Ruben sandwich

 

visited the Wolfsonian Museum

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dinner at the Puerto Sagua

 

Seth Bramson tells us about Henry Flagler and the railroad

 

buffet breakfast at the hotel

 

boat cruise on Biscayne Bay

Photos of Flagler Island, Fisher Island and Venetian Islands

 

followed by lunch at Bubba Gump

 

 

sampled Cuban coffee

 

and meet artist, Nereida Garcia-Ferraz

 

heard about the "Bay of Pigs"

 

and traveled through Little Havana

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assembled for lunch at Vizcaya

 

a wrap in a box lunch

 

toured the mansion

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forlorn Bernie waiting for his boat to arrive

 

Antolin Carbonell tells us about the history of Miami

 

Judy Berson describes "Miami Beach and WW II"

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went to the campus of Barry University

 

the library

 

greeted by Susan Leff, Elderhostel Coordinator

 

at the University
John Owens told us about
"Early Indian Settlements of South Florida"

 

and Eric Olsen about the Supreme Court

 

after a buffet dinner, Madeline Kearns, provided entertainment

short video of part of the entertainment

 

Seth Bramson provided
the final wrap-up about Sunny Isles Beach

 

and introduced us to the Sunny Isles Beach city historian, Richard C. Shulman

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