***Monday, 9/1/2008***
HAPPY ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY TO US! We arrived in Progreso, Mexico at 6am. Looking out our window into the water all we could see were jellyfish.
It was wild just how many we could see. We showered and ate breakfast that was delivered by room service. We got off the ship--had a few pictures taken.
We weren't off the ship 3 minutes when Doc got a bloody nose and had to change his shirt because there was blood all down the front of it. We did a little shopping in the pier shops but Doc wasn't feeling very well between the allergies/cold and bloody nose--I didn't want him very far from the ship. We walked back to the boat to go swimming when we decided that I should probably be putting sunscreen on. So I went back to the pier shops to get Sunscreen. I paid $17.95 for Spray SPF 30 Sunscreen that smells like bug spray and burns like hell on your skin. We went and relaxed by the pool in the shade. I people watched while Doc read Obamanation. I took a nap in the afternoon. Woke up in time to go up to the top deck to watch us leave port. Dinner was alot of fun. Doc and I enjoyed Mojitos for our anniversary toast. We finished the evening by watching the cruise guest talent show. Tonight's towel creation: the rabbit.
***Tuesday, 9/2/2008***
Cozumel, Mexico: I was up early about 6:30. I wanted to watch up again pull into port. It was so great to watch it! I talked to Millie and Lawrence who were two rooms down from us to see how the day before was for them. Back to the room to shower and get ready for the beach. We did a little shopping at the pier shops first thing. Then we found the group for the Playa Mia Deluxe beach resort party. We boarded our bus and headed out to the resort. Our beach package included an open bar, Mexican buffet, beach towels, chaise chairs, ha
mmocks, pool, dressing rooms, iceberg, trampoline, kayaks, and paddle boats. It was well worth the $77/person for the day.
It was AWESOME! They brought around parrots and lizards to hold and to pose for pictures with. I passed. We sat a couple chairs away from a really nice couple from Alabama. The husband has a terrible sunburn! An Indian couple came with their two children and sat next to us. He started to put his put up this huge ass umbrella over my chair. I told Doc that we were going to have to move because there wasn't any way that I was going to sit under a chair when the point of me going to he beach was to enjoy the sun. He heard me and picked up his umbrella and other belongings in a hurry and moved back to his original spot. 
I enjoyed the beach--I loved being able to put my feet in the sand, look for shells, drink strawberry daiquiris. We also loved swimming in the ocean and how could I forget the huge Mexican buffet. We boarded the bus at 2pm to 
go back to the International Cruise Terminal. Once back at the ICT we caught a taxi up to the forum shops where we did some shopping. We went to a bunch of little native shops for souvenirs. We spotted a Starbucks with a straw roof.
We also visited Margaritaville.
We spotted a Mexican Army officer so Doc got a picture with him. 
Back at the ICT we did some more shopping. 
When boarding the boat we saw the Indian couple and their children exiting the boat... the guy didn't see that the exit had a low ceiling and he hit his head and said "Oh My" ---it was hilarious... you had to be there but that ended up being our saying for the rest of the trip. We went to dinner with Jennifer and David from Texas
and then we all went to the returning guest gala followed by the comedy show.Our towel creation of the night: a dog.
mmocks, pool, dressing rooms, iceberg, trampoline, kayaks, and paddle boats. It was well worth the $77/person for the day.
It was AWESOME! They brought around parrots and lizards to hold and to pose for pictures with. I passed. We sat a couple chairs away from a really nice couple from Alabama. The husband has a terrible sunburn! An Indian couple came with their two children and sat next to us. He started to put his put up this huge ass umbrella over my chair. I told Doc that we were going to have to move because there wasn't any way that I was going to sit under a chair when the point of me going to he beach was to enjoy the sun. He heard me and picked up his umbrella and other belongings in a hurry and moved back to his original spot. 
I enjoyed the beach--I loved being able to put my feet in the sand, look for shells, drink strawberry daiquiris. We also loved swimming in the ocean and how could I forget the huge Mexican buffet. We boarded the bus at 2pm to 
go back to the International Cruise Terminal. Once back at the ICT we caught a taxi up to the forum shops where we did some shopping. We went to a bunch of little native shops for souvenirs. We spotted a Starbucks with a straw roof.
We also visited Margaritaville.
We spotted a Mexican Army officer so Doc got a picture with him. 
Back at the ICT we did some more shopping. 
When boarding the boat we saw the Indian couple and their children exiting the boat... the guy didn't see that the exit had a low ceiling and he hit his head and said "Oh My" ---it was hilarious... you had to be there but that ended up being our saying for the rest of the trip. We went to dinner with Jennifer and David from Texas
and then we all went to the returning guest gala followed by the comedy show.Our towel creation of the night: a dog.
***Wednesday, 9/3/2008***
It was a fun day at sea. We started our day by going to breakfast in the Seven Seas dining room for open seating. It was a lot of fun. We sat with two much older couples. One was from Alabama and the other from Florida. They were so polite and curious about Vermont. It was nice that we got to ask them questions about the south. They all thought we would great southerns. We went back to our room showered and went to the American Lounge for Doc to attempt to win $1,000 at bingo. He was 1 number off and it was his favorite #9 that he needed. His favorite number let him down. After bingo we attended the debarking talk. Went up to the pool to relax and enjoy the sun. We were up there 5 minutes and it began to pour. We went to the hot tub where it was covered and enjoyed that until the sun came out and just as we settled back into our chaise chairs, the rain started again. We decided it was best that we go get some lunch while mother nature decided if it was going to rain or shine. We went to the pool. Doc got tired and went to take a nap while I enjoyed talking to the ladies in the pool while catching some sun. I went and met up with Doc and we both went to watch the marriage show. After the show I showered in hopes to get the salt out of my hair. I got ready for dinner and we discussed what we wanted to do for the evening. While we waited to go to dinner we packed up the majority of our stuff to get ready to debark the ship in the early morning. Went to dinner-Jen and David beat us there.
I went back to our room to get into something more comfortable--sunburn + jeans=uncomfortable! We watched Shout! by the Carnival Dancers in the Americana Lounge it was really good! It was the history of rock and roll.
After that we went to Doc Holiday's to watch the Adult Comedy show. While waiting we watched karaoke--it was awful! Back in our room we finished packing up and got to bed--Long road home in the morning! Towel Creation of the night: Vagina Bird. 
***Thursday, 9/4/2008***
Debark the Ship. We woke up @ 7am --showered and finished packing those very last few items. Got our documentation out and ready to go. We opened our cabin door and waited for our zone to be called. We thanked Desra our stateroom steward and headed down the hallway to exit. I carried my two very heavy suitcases up 2 flights of stairs and we walked down a hallway. Once at the doors we used our gold card one last time and exited the ship. We worked our way through the terminal and down the esculator and over to customs where the process lasted maybe a minute and half. Exited to the parking garage, took the elavator up to the second floor of the garage and found our girl. Doc hit the unlock button and she started blinking at us! It was a sure sign that she was glad to see us. We pulled out of the parking terminal and waved to the M/S Holiday one last time and got on the highway headed north!
It was 82 degrees at 8:11 am when we left the terminal-HOT!
We ate breakfast at the Huddle House. A guy sat behind that just couldn't believe that we were from Vermont and drove to Alabama. Doc's rash on his arm got a lot worse so we had to make a quick stop to get him some cream. We then stopped again Montgomery, AL at Arby's for lunch.
After lunch we needed a little pick me up so we stopped at the Starbucks. Into the car again and on the highway North--We drove through Atlanta, Georgia and South Carolina. We stopped in Raleigh, North Carolina and stayed at the Holiday Inn Express. We got there about 10pm the only room that they had left was a handicap room. It was HUGE! It was the coolest room ever. The bathroom was the size of our bedroom at home. We fell asleep watching the Republican Convention.
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