We are “gone again” to the Florida Keys and although the trip down was uneventful, our home on wheels continues to make traveling more fun than I thought it would be. We decided to stop in Fort Lauderdale for the night rather than take that long drive from Ocala in one day.
Before I moved to Ocala in 1973, I lived in west Fort Lauderdale and we tried to find where I lived. Boy, 40 years makes a difference! I lived in Davie back then, but after driving around for almost an hour, I gave up. There was no resemblance to the Davie I remembered and the roads that were once two lane are mostly six lane now. Just as we gave up and were heading away I saw a sign that read, “Historic Davie”. Now think about that. How would you feel if the last place you lived was young and new when you lived there and now was considered ‘historic’. Talk about OLD!
We were in the farthest lane from this left turn to get there and I decided it wasn’t worth the trouble. After all, my memories of riding horseback down the center of town and horses tied to time and temperature sign at the bank were my history. Besides what I could see from where we were was very different from my memory. Grif’s was the feed store back then, and now its a sports bar.
From Davie, it is only a short drive to downtown Hollywood. Hollywood Blvd changed as well but not as drastically and maybe for the better. They created a wonderful restaurant mecca with limited traffic and lots of parking. Most of the restaurants offered al fresco dining and we found this great place called Chocolada Bakery and Cafe. Any idea what got our attention? We had a wonderful table just at the edge of the street so we could see everything and then we found two authentic Romanian dishes on the menu, Mititei and Sarmaze, to try. They were lamb, pork and beef dishes and very good. We took home a chocolate mousse/mango dessert for later. Not a bad end to a fun day.
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