Vacation #3: Cancun, Mexico

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And onto our next adventure:

The song that reminds us of this vaca is this one!

We flew to Daytona for a day to see his grandparents, then flew over to Cancun.

 We spent a lot of time on the beach, 

but it was a bit more cloudy than I would have liked.

 We stayed at The Gran Melia all inclusive resort.

 It was beautiful & I would recommend staying there

lounging!

golfing

our favorite little place with amazing authentic food!

Highlights of this trip:

• beautiful warm water
• unlimited food (all included)
• drinks were all included
• pools
• great staff--one waiter kind of became, "our" waiter {we tipped him really well b/c he was awesome and he took great care of us!!}
• sushi was so fresh
• authentic Mexican food was unbelievably good 
• we snorkeled with fish out in the ocean
• bought some really unique items for our house {hand painted fruit bowl}

However

I want to be honest in my blog and so I will say, out of all the places I've been with Joe, this was my least favorite trip.  There were several reasons...

Agua

I was deathly afraid of the water {as we were told numerous times, don't drink the water!}

If you have seen SATC movie, you may remember Charlotte's episode...

Yeah, well, that did end up happening.  

I didn't drink coffee anywhere but our room with bottled water that I made.

I ordered bottled water only.

I only drank wine...no frozen drinks :(

BUT

I ate the soup.

It was no fun that night.

Language Barrier

I took French in high school & college

Joe took Italian

"Hola" was about as foreign as we got! 
So, we did struggle a bit here and there

Lost Grandpa

I also had just lost my grandfather, in January, who battled Alzheimer's for awhile and it was the first time I had to experience death of a loved one.

It was horrible.
I didn't know how to deal. 

The not yet engaged couple

Joe and I were literally just a year dating so we were still working out our own relationship quirks.

He was no where near popping the question, though we talked about it a lot, but I still had insecurities. 

I didn't resarch, plan, & organize things to do!

I now know this years later, but Joe & I understand the word "vaction" to be different.

He wants to be on the go, exploring, moving, shaking, running, trying, doing, go, go go!

I love to park my butt on the beach with a trashy read and soak up that sun while sipping an ice cold beverage.

Don't get me wrong, I love to explore too, but I'm telling you, hubby won't lay on the beach or near a pool for more than 30 mins.

As you read my later vacations, we perfected this opposites attract hurtle and now are great travel companions!!

Please do not think I am complaining about my trip to Cancun. I value it and did enjoy myself and more than anything, view it as a HUGE learning curve.  I just don't know if we'll ever return to that particular city. I'd like to give Mexico another shot, but there are also a billion other places my feet have yet stepped.

Travel Date: February 2009