Vacation Time!

Did the usual today.  Got up and landed on the sun deck.  Lunch here at the hotel.  Back to the sun deck.  Great weather all week.  No rain at all. We did get a marketing deal for random "VIP" customers.  They want us to sit through the new Vacation Club program that has replaced Time Shares.  So, if we do, we can stay at the Royal Sands, all-inclusive, for 5 days and 4 nights for $100 per person for 4 people.  That's like a $1,500 deal.  So we spend 90 mins (total 3 hours) and get $1500 in return and spend only $400.  We win.  Took that deal.  Can be used any time in the next 18 months and we can add days before or after.  So, next trip down, we should be able to tell you all about the Vacation Club. Selfie on the sun deck.  Check out the lush! Dinner was Puerto Madero again.  Excellent meal again.  Awesome sunset. Sun going down over the lagoon. Taken from Puerto Madero's deck. Another shot of the same.  Winning!

We got reservations for our final two dinners - we figure lots of folks will be going out for their last night - and then going out for their first night as the weeks change over today, Saturday. Anyway, hit Casa Rolandi again.  Sandy chose the Gnocci and I had duck.  We also got soup - Sandy had lobster bisque and I had the minestrone.  Again, awesome meals. We got back to the hotel with enough time to take sunset photos off the balcony. St. Patrick's Day Lunch with green chips - nice touch! That's my iced tea and Sandy's beer. Sun going down over the lagoon @ Casa Rolandi Sun setting over the lagoon - from the 12th floor of our hotel. The hotel pool and the beach.

So today is the day where everyone is a little bit Irish.  Thank goodness I brought along my Green Speedo, so I don't get pinched! Today also happens to be my older sister Joan's birthday.  On this date in 1960, my elder sister was borned.  I mean, I'm not 50 yet, and she's like really old, so it musta been 1960.  Regardless, HBD Sis!

We hit the sun deck today - most of the day.  We ate lunch next door and then back to the sun deck. We were going to try this new restaurant, so we left early and headed N.  We stopped by the Royal Sands to check out their all-inclusive deals and then we walked up the street to the restaurant. It looked like a self-service food truck along the street.  There was no one there to greet us and only three men eating at the counter.  Maybe Guy Fieri would have pulled in and eaten there, but not us - not for seafood anyways. We walked back down to La Distilleria and had yet another wonderful meal.  Flambe steaks that you could cut with your fork.  We are certainly rockin' the food on this trip. We took a few more photos to let everyone know what you are missing down here. I did stop in the tequila hut (part of the La Distilleria restaurant - and yes, they actually make Hornitos tequila in the restaurant).  And yes, I did buy some tequilas for me, and some to share. We came ba

We have figured out what day it is by looking at our pill containers.  It's Thursday morning.  Still not sure about the time though. The only reason we needed to know a time was so that we could coordinate a FaceTime with our grandson.  Seems that Boppum had done tuckered the little guy out yesterday - he slept for almost 4 hours after his visit.  But that made him happy when he saw Geemaw and Papaw on a little iPhone. For all practical purposes, we could be on the Discovery Channel's Naked and Afraid tv show.  Never seen it?  Two people go into the wild without anything and must survive.  We are almost like that, except we have waiters bringing us drinks by the pool and most excellent meals.  But other than that, the show could be about us. Don't be concerned for us.  We're fine.  We want for very little.  And when we do, some servant is there to take care of whatever need we have. Oh yeah.  Here's a funny one for y'all back in the cold and snow.

We've lost track of the days.  Not that it matters.  Sandy said today is Date Night.  I said the entire week has been Date Night. We've had some good meals.  Lorenzillo's last night.  Puerto Madero tonight. PM is an Argentinian steak house.  And I must say, one fabulous meal!  The garlic shrimp appetizer is wonderful.  We will visit it again on this trip. The weather has been great.  Mostly sun.  Some clouds.  Little to no rain at all.  Got some breezes that help to keep us cool. All is well.  No issues.  We shall keep in touch....sometime.

On somewhat of a 'normal' schedule now.  Go up and went to the pool.  It was warm. Back to the room and changed clothes so that we could eat lunch inside the restaurant. Lathered back up with sunscreen and then to the sun deck.  I wandered down to the ocean a bit. Back to the room to shower. Tried a new restaurant for dinner, Casa Rolandi.  It claims to be Italian, but this is Northern Italy and Sicily "Italian."  I had veal cheeks roasted in a brick oven.  Sandy had mushroom ravioli in a creamy Alba Truffle sauce.  Both meals were excellent and there was enough variety there we shall return to try other dishes. We walked the KuKulKan mall, just for kicks.  This is the more expensive one that is closest to our hotel.  We ended up with two small gifts. Back to the room.  Not much on TV so we read books before calling it a night at ten. We shall be repeating this day - it's Groundhog Day - for the rest of the week. This is looking W, across the lagoo

To be honest, I am having trouble telling what day it is.  Thankfully, my medication box has the day of the week on it - although I did challenge it - Sandy says it is correct. For sure we have no clue what TIME it is.  Today marks the annual time change that the smart Mexican people do not believe in.  Hey, ask ole Snellenbarger - the sun don't care what time it is. So, down here we did not move our clocks at all, but at home, y'all did.  So we just waited until the Pool Aerobics started, and then we knew it was 11 o'clock am.  We are now one hour behind Indiana, 'cause you all Sprang Forward. We slept in until whatever time, lathered up with sun block and hit the palm trees by the kiddie pool to stay mostly out of the sun and read a little bit - and maybe nap some too.  We walked next door to eat lunch and then back to the room for more sun block.  We hit the pool below us, again in the shade and took naps - well at least I did. We came back up to the room earl

Our flight left Indy at 0530, which means we left Mulberry at 0230.  There was not much sleep.  No worries though, that made the flights go quicker, as I slept all the way through both flights - even though we were in First Class.  Yep, I gave up the amenities of FC to sleep.  Nice roomy seats though. We touched down at the Cancun airport at 10:30 and were at the hotel eating lunch by 11:30.  Our room was available at 12:30, so we changed into our bathing suits and hit the sun deck. Thinking that we were only going to be out a couple of hours, we did use sunscreen, but only 15 SPF and were not quite as thorough as we should have been.  My poor legs, who have not even seen the sun since December, are fried - to the ouchy point.  My eyes are a little puffy, but that could also be caused by a lack of sleep.                             We took showers and then a bus up to the mall.  We ate dinner on the patio of La Distileria.  Good food, as always. We returned to our room and