All good things must come to an end and so it is with a sigh that we have our third and final breakfast at the Banana Cafe, where we are greeted as regulars by the friendly owners. The heat and humidity of the past few days has noticeably dropped and there's a bit of a chill in the air as we load the car and check out of the hotel.

It's still quite overcast the next day, but very warm, so we have breakfast at the Banana Cafe and debate hiring bikes and exploring the back roads of Key West's Historic District or going shopping. It's either that or spending the day on a bar crawl up Duval Street. But by the time we've paid the bill the sun is peeking through and so twenty minutes later we're stretched out by the hotel pool soaking up the rays instead. Perfect, a day busy doing nothing. This is the life!

Some things you're destined to remember forever and sunrise over Key West will be one of them. For some reason I wake just after 7am and as slumber evaporates I recall that the sun is due to come up in about eight minutes time.

There's a storm on its way - at least that's what we're told by friends and family on Facebook. Apparently Florida is being lashed by a weather front to the north of us and it's heading south with all its might. Considering we're seeing this news whilst having breakfast on a sun kissed terrace with a warm breeze gently swaying the palms it seems a little unreal. All is still calm by the Tranquility Pool.

Tuesday dawns and we both wake early, a little jetlag making itself known. It's adventure day, when we pick up our car and head down into the Florida Keys so we take advantage of the early start to have a lovely breakfast watching the world go by outside the hotel, the morning sun squinting into our eyes.

If there's one thing that's going to put you off an American-sized breakfast it's watching joggers, cyclists and rollerbladers pounding past while you pile another piece of applewood-smoked bacon into your gob.

It's a beautiful feeling, that blast of warm air which hits your skin as the air-conditioned doors open and you walk out of the British winter and into the humid heat wafting up from the Caribbean. After the sluggish gluttony of Christmas and a bout of laryngitis what could be better for the soul than a trip to the land of the body beautiful, that glamourous, decadent, tropical destination at the southern tip of the USA - Miami.