Visiting the Bayside Marketplace and Enjoying the Bayfront Park Sculptures in Miami

After our nice lunch at San Poche, a restaurant serving Columbian dishes, we walked to Little Havana and took the free trolley bus going to Brickell City Centre. From there, we changed to another trolley for the Biscayne area.

The trolley took about twenty minutes and we just missed the stop in front of the Bayside Marketplace.

It was a good mistake we made as we came across by chance Port Miami and the Bayfront Park - a park that spans 32 acres in the heart of downtown Miami that sits right on Biscayne Bay.

This is a manificent park with a spectcular waterfront view with a palm and oak lined bayfront and many grassy areas for visitors to relax.

What was more, we couldn;t get over the impressive sculptures placed all over the park. What a wonderful oasis in the middle of downtown Miami!

We were lucky enough to be at the park where currently, there is a fantastic sculpture exhibition by a sculptor named Jimenez Deredia in this beautiful open space!

The admission is free! How about that?

After our visit to the Bayfront Park, we strolled along the baywalk to the Bayside Marketplace adjacent to the park - the Bayside Marketplace is an open air shopping area by the water.

It has numerous shops n carts with vendors selling everything from cold drinks, handmade bracelets, Soveniors t shirts, beachwear to party clothes.There was not a shortage of restaurants n bars.

The most interesting thing we saw was a creative enterprenure standing with three or four colourful parrots. The parrorts were well trained and well behaved. They didn't fly around the shopping area but simply stayed around and would perched at wherever their owner put them.

For an undisclosed fee, a visitor could have his/ her pictures taken with the parrots placed on his head, should, hands or fingers. It was incredible how tame and compliant these birds were.

Listening to the sounds of the waves clashing against the rocks on the shore, we took the time to enjoy the ambience of the Bayside Marketplace.

We checked out some of the menus and prices of the many restaurants offering visitors warm food and a resting place for their tired feet. We were able to sit for a refreshing drink watching people go by, enjoying the lovely surrounding and did a little bit of shopping. We each bought a piece of clothing as souvenirs from this lovely place. We enjoyed visiting the Bayfront Park and the Bayside Marketplace and stayed there until around 5 p.m. We walked to NE 4th street across from the Bayside Marketplace and waited for about 10 minutes for the Biscayne trolley which took us back to Brickell district at around 530pm which was during the peak ruh hour. It look a little longer for the bus to arrive. We simply walked back to the hotel, had dinner at our favourite restaurant. It was an enjoyable day! RT Bayfront Park & Bayside Marketplace Miami