We were so exhausted from our flight and couldn't check into
our hotel until later that afternoon, so we took a nap on the benches
behind us at Bayside Marketplace.
We finally got checked into our hotel, took a real nap and then went out.
We took a bus to Little Havana to try some Cuban food.
Danny got a popular meat dish and I got a popular fish dish.
We both enjoyed our meal and ate it all gone.
The Cuban restaurant we ate at, La Carreta.
We read about this Cuban ice cream shop so we went there for dessert.
We started walking through the streets of Little Havana to get to our bus stop.
After walking for sometime we came to an accident and the police officer
asked us where we were visiting from. After talking with him for a minute,
he basically told us Little Havana isn't a place to be walking around at night.
He told us to get out of that area.
We went to the bus stop closest to the officer and waited for our bus.
After we got back to downtown Miami we hurried back to our hotel.
During the day we had felt so safe there, night time was a different story.
These dogs were the coolest dogs I've ever seen.
Ready to board.
It's cruising time!
I ordered escargot thinking it was calamari, hahaha!
Danny made me still try one.
Good thing it was soaked in better!
We made it to our first stop at Grand Cayman Islands,
First stop in Grand Cayman, HELL.
This is a group of short, black, limestone formations.
It was pretty neat to see.
We went to the Turtle Zoo excursion.
There were lots of turtles and a few other animals.
That's a crocodile ob the right.
This turtle waved at me for the picture.
Holding baby turtles.
Dads turtle slapped me in the face.
Danny wanted me to kiss my turtle and have
his turtle kiss me, but it kept slapping me. Ouch!
We got to feed some beautiful birds.
Turtles eating and a shark feeding.
Shark feeding.
The pic. on the left was where we snorkeled at the Turtle Zoo.
It was a perfect place for me to start. I knew it was a controlled habitat with safe animals.
I was nervous at first, but came to love snorkeling!
The pic. on the right was a pool and water slide to enjoy at the zoo as well.
When Danny and I went on the slide and swam we had the place to ourselves.
Our ship in the background.
The water was so clear, it was beautiful!
We loved the Turtle Zoo.
I'd love to take my kids there someday.
Before leaving Grand Cayman, we looked down and could see the fish in the ocean,
that's how clear the water was. It was turquoise and just beautiful.
Can you spot the iguana?
Back on the boat.
In Cozumel, Mexico.
We went on the Maya Ruins tour.
I bought me this super cute cover-up in Cozumel.
Holding these beautiful birds.
Danny wanted me to give it a kiss, this is how close I got.
Then it ate from my mouth, eek!
After our tour, we rented a scooter to go find a beach.
I was so afraid we were going to crash, but thank goodness we didn't!
We found this beach and rented snorkel gear and snorkeled in the ocean.
A guide took us out, he fed the fish tortillas and they just swam right up to us.
It was awesome! I loved it!
Our ship is the one on the right.
More beautiful clear water.
We ate at a Mexican resturant, right on the beach.
In Costa Maya, Mexico
Served fish tacos and drinks on the beach in Costa Maya.
Yummy!
We snorkled here as well. It was a cold, windy day so the water wasn't as nice
and we didn't see many fish this day. We also kayaked.
We had fun going to a couple cruise activities in the evenings.
The pic. on the left was funny to watch. They all had different music going to their headsets.
They were singing and dancing to all different beats and music.
The pic. on the right are the Bamboo sheets we won in the Newly Wed Game!
It was so fun being on the ships Newly Wed Game.
We didn't realize, that they put the shows on their Celebrity Cruise T.V. channel too.
So every where we went on the cruise, everyone would say, there's our favorite couple.
It was fun!
Danny wasn't feeling well when it was the lobster dinner night.
He went back to the room while I sat and ate 4 lobster tails.
We loved our dinner server, Kuri and busser (not pictured) Z.
They got to know us so well. Had our drinks for us as soon as we sat down
and Kuri knew I mostly just ate the main entree and not many sides.
If I asked for 2 stakes, he started putting two on one plate with just one set of sides.
Hamilton our maid always had the biggest smile on his face.
Back in Miami, FL.
Our flight wasn't heading out until later that evening so we took our tour of Miami.
The arena where the Miami Heat plays.
At Miami Beach the life guard stations are all different art designs and colors.
When we first went to Miami before we left on our cruise the weather was perfect.
When we got off the cruise this time, it was freezing!
The locals said it was not the typical Miami weather.
Our vacation comes to an end.
We really couldn't have enjoyed our trip as much as we did
without the help of my mom at home with the kids.
It was so nice to know they were loved and cared for. I didn't have to worry about them at all!
The next day was Back to Reality! My eyes were burning from exhaustion.
We got home after midnight, up bright and early greeting the kids,
made pancakes for breakfast, cleaned the house, did the laundry, played games
with Clark, heard "mom" over 100 times, coached basketball, made dinner,
had FHE and got back from grocery shopping at 9:30 p.m.
Vacation was over and it was written all over my eyeballs!
