The living room of our apartment.
The apartment was on a canal and this was the view from our living room window.
We had been taxiing/walking discovering Fort Lauderdale on arriving. Fort Lauderdale is situated on man-made waterways/canals with a huge number of very expensive cabin cruisers, monohulls and very few catamarans moored along the waterways and in the many marinas. They actually call it the “Venice of America”!
During the first week of our stay, we were looking at boats along a canal and Mal noticed that there was a one bedroom apartment for rent, short or long term. We arranged to have a look, rented it on a month by month basis and moved in only four days after we had arrived. It was old, with 60’s decor, but clean, comfortable, totally self contained and on a canal, so the outlook was very pleasant and Mal said “NO TRAFFIC NOISE!!” (For those of you who don’t know, the traffic noise where we lived in Airlie Beach was horrendous!) The apartment was within walking distance to the beach, restaurants, shops, bus stops and downtown Las Olas which is a very trendy part of Fort Lauderdale.
The weather was hot and humid. The apartment had full air-conditioning and we had it going 24 hours a day. We were also getting afternoon thunderstorms, the type that one experiences in the tropics when it is really hot and humid!
