Day at Port: Key West Part 2
We finally got to disembark onto Key West...it was a beautiful day, but very hot! We started by getting a picture of us in front of the Magic. Sorry, most of our pics are going to be selfies. I'm too lazy to get someone to take a picture of us...
We began by walking to the main street in Key West...the big one with all the bars and restaurants...forgot it's name but just follow where everyone goes! I had made a small list of things I wanted to try...but we kept the plan open and just walked around, stopping in places that we found interesting.
There is a lot of art around Key West and a few museums which seem nice. We didn't stop in them though.
Thought this was a very nice looking Coast Guard building:
Our first stop was a Key West institution...for drinking...the famed Sloppy Joe's Bar.
We went in just to look around and stopped at the bar for a Sloppy Rita, which is just a margarita on the rocks served in a plastic cup.
We listened to live music while we drank, tipped the bartender, and headed on out to our next destination!
KEY LIME PIE!!! Finally, I get to taste some good key lime pie! This stop was at the
Key West Key Lime Pie Co.
Beautiful interior:
We got a slice of the regular key lime. We are purists when it comes to trying house specialties.
Sorry for this slightly blurry picture of the key lime but it's probably in my rush to actually eat the pie and not just take pictures of it:
How was it? DELICIOUS. Best key lime pie we had! I like that it tasted homemade, there was a tart sweetness to the filling and the crust was buttery and crumbly. Loved it!
We were contemplating getting another slice, but there were still other things and more key lime pie I wanted to try that day...so we moved on.
Next stop was
Peppers of Key West, which is a place that sells different hot sauces. They range from very mild to weapons-grade spicy. Yes they have a sign that says weapons-grade spicy. DH loves anything spicy so he was up for a tasting. I can usually hold my own when it comes to heat but I prefer to have my taste buds intact so I did most of the tasting and declined the few, super hot sauces.
Interior of Peppers of Key West:
We started the tasting with some mild sweet chilli, and other fruity concoctions. They weren't spicy at all really, just a bit of kick. Soon we moved on to more "buffalo wing" style sauces, then we got into the island caribbean spicy, then exotic asian spicy, then it was all just spicy fire!!
Think we tried over 20 sauces! We bought a couple that we liked the best. I actually really like the name of this sauce:
And told you they have weapons-grade sauces!
After Peppers, we wanted to let our mouths cool down a bit so we took a walk around. Love all the island and Cuban-inspired scenes.
Since we were only 90 miles from Cuba, I thought having some cuban coffee would be good, so we went to a little kiosk that got some really good reviews. It's called Cuban Coffee Queen. With a name like that, they must have some pretty good cafe con leche, no?
Cuban Coffee Queen shack:
We got an iced cafe con leche, and one of their cuban sanwiches...think the one we got was the Del Castro.
The iced coffee was DELICIOUS! They even used COFFEE ICE CUBES in it. I love that attention to detail. Iced coffee, lattes, etc, are my most favorite drink...and I love when they are made well!!
The sandwich was pretty good too! The roast pork was juicy and the bread was hot and toasty. It was actually really large, so DH and I split half of it and wrapped the other half to eat later.
Next, up more key lime pie! This was at Kermit's Key Lime Shoppe
The slice we shared was good, but we preferred the Key West Key Lime Pie Co. better...it just had a more handcrafted taste that we liked better. But Kermit's is good too and I'd be happy with a slice of it right now...or any time!
We went to Key West Rum Distillery...we walked around and had a small taste of their rum. DH bought a small bottle for one of his coworkers.
It was really hot at that point so we headed back to the ship...along the way I snapped these scenes from around Key West:
Finally we were back at the Magic! Such a nice sight!
I did a panorama of the Magic. It came out a bit wonky but the sun was so bright that I could barely see the the screen of my phone.
Back on the Magic we changed and went to the adult pool! It was so nice to be out of the heat. Everyone was still on their trolly tour at this point so we would just meet up at dinner.
We found a nice spot in the shade and relaxed there and in the pool before it was time to get ready for dinner!
Coming up, dinner at Animator's Palate!!
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