Translation of Schildknorpel

We are just enjoying our trip and our entire stay here in Florida not caring to much about the rest of the world. We just want to live the moment as everyone else, says Flavio, a Brazilian student.
You may know that most young students fly South on spring break. You can imagine how the parties look like down there, and how many drugs are consumed during this vacation. I prefer the quietness.
We went to eat dinner with the Dutch couple in a Sea food restaurant highly recommended in our Lonely Planet Travel Guide Book. It was OK, but we had a great time with our friends.