Cruizin'

Neil and I didn't have a honeymoon (I know, doesn't everyone feel sorry for me), so I was so excited about his surprise. He planned a honeymoon/vacation for us - a cruise to Mexico with Carnival Cruiselines! We set sail on Monday, April 28th at 4pm and were off for a wild ride thru the Pacific Ocean toward Cabo San Lucas, a city just on the tip of Baja California, Mexico.

Our first day at sea was wonderful. It was a beautiful day with a nice, constant breeze off the ocean. We saw sea lions & even a whale off the starboard side and enjoyed our dinner on the deck watching the ocean. Tuesday, our first full day at sea was warm & sunny - not a cloud in the sky. With the ocean breeze continuing, Neil and I didn't notice that we were getting burned laying out on the desk (I used sunscreen, Dad!).







Finally, on Wednesday we arrive in Cabo. Water taxi's picked us up since the ship was too large for their pier. We were greeted by customs (that was fun) and then proceeded into Mexico where we are instant targets for the street vendors, trying to sell us their goods. We walked around the pier into the shopping district (it doesn't take me long to find these places...I have built-in shopping GPS). We met up with a nice couple from the cruise and stopped at Sammy Hagar's famous cantina, Cabo Wabo where we paid too much for drinks, chips & salsa. The weather was brutilly hot, so we headed back to the ship to enjoy a nice dinner & relax after a bunch of walking.





Friday, day 4 and we arrive in Enceneda (I was so excited to be on solid ground), a beautiful water-front city also on the Baja. The weather was great - sunny and 70 degrees with a light breeze. Neil, always equiped with his GPS informed me that we were only 57 miles from home. He didn't take me up on my offer to just rent a car and drive back to San Diego (I was still feeling a little seasick). We opted to take a shore excertion up to Rosarito & have a tour of Fox Studios, where the blockbuster movie Titantic was filmed. We toured the facility and walked into the Titantic set - it was so cool. This will be a city that we will return to!



We arrived back home Saturday morning at 9am. We had a wonderful time on our cruise and I'm so thankful to Neil for planning this for us. The food was awesome as was the service & we made some new friends, too! Neil is ready to start planning our next cruise, however I'm going to insist that we wait until the baby's born.