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by Lesley Abravanel Florida FOR DUMmIES ‰ 3RD EDITION 01_57745x ffirs.qxd 6/14/05 7:22 PM Page v 01_57745x ffirs.qxd 6/14/05 7:22 PM Page iv Plan your trip with For Dummies Covering the most popular destinations in North America and Europe, For Dummies travel guides are the ultimate user-friendly trip planners. Available wherever books are sold or go to www.dummies.com And book it with our online partner, Frommers.com � Book airfare,hotels and packages � Find the hottest deals � Get breaking travel news � Enter to win vacations � Share trip photos and stories � And much more Frommers.com,rated the #1 Travel Web Site by PC Magazine 01_57745x ffirs.qxd 6/14/05 7:22 PM Page i Available wherever books are sold. Go to www.dummies.com or call 1-877-762-2974 to order direct. The fun and easy way™ to travel! U.S.A. 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For technical support, please visit www.wiley.com/techsupport. Wiley also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. Library of Congress Control Number: 2005923791 ISBN-13: 9-7807-6457-7451 ISBN-10: 0-7645-7745-X Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 3B/QU/QX/QV/IN 01_57745x ffirs.qxd 6/14/05 7:22 PM Page vi About the Author Lesley Abravanel is a freelance journalist and a graduate of the University of Miami School of Communication. When she isn’t combing South Florida for the latest hotels, restaurants, and attractions, she’s on the lookout for vacationing celebri- ties, about whom she writes in her weekly nightlife and gossip column, “Velvet Underground,” for both the Miami Herald and its weekly entertainment newspaper, Street. She is a contribu- tor to Star Magazine and the Miami correspondent for Black Book Magazine and is the author of Frommer’s South Florida. 01_57745x ffirs.qxd 6/14/05 7:22 PM Page vii 01_57745x ffirs.qxd 6/14/05 7:22 PM Page viii
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