We were supposed to fly late afternoon from Reagan to Miami, and then from Miami to Lima on the 7:57 pm flight, landing at 12:37 am.
We got to Reagan early, as I had a zoom call presentation. After that, we sat and watched the delays roll in our phones. First our flight was delayed till 10:42 pm, which projected to a 3:33 am arrival in Lima. Ugh!
Then it got delayed till 12:02 am with a 4:53 am arrival. Yikes!
Finally we were delayed one last time to 12:39 am departure, landing at 5:37 am. Sigh.
To add insult to injury, then American Airlines sent us an email after that saying our flight was departing "on time" at 12:39 am.
Nope - after five gate change emails (how many flights leave Miami after midnight? Turns out quite a few, but the gate hopping seemed unnecessary) we received one more email delaying the flight to 12:54 am with a 5:45 am arrival in Lima (Lima is on Central time -- they don't call it that, but you, my dear readers, do so).
With the prospect of hanging out in the Miami airport for six hours, I made the case to Carol to leave the airport and go to a nearby Cuban restaurant. She was a bit nervous at first, but I pointed out we would be back in plenty of time after dinner.
My Google machine suggested three nearby Cuban restaurants, and I picked Versailles at 4.5 stars. Our cabbie was happy for us, and recommended the oxtail stew. Having never had it, we resolved right there and then to give a shot.
After a short 10 minute wait at this large, bustling restaurant that bills itself as "The World's Most Famous Cuban Restaurant," we were seated outside. The place was hopping, the weather was perfect, and the food turned out to be fabulous.
We ordered a starter of Empanadas, the Ropa Vielja, and, yes, the Oxtail Stew. Let me tell you, the food was awesome.
We Ubered back to the airport and got through security without much of a wait.
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