Welcome to Nassau:
After what feels like a whirlwind trip, we're back! I say that with a huge sigh of relief, since as you may know, I'm deathly afraid of flying (on the plane from/to Miami we had propellers, yikes!). Touch down at the end of a trip is like a whole new lease on life for me! :)
Our time in the Bahamas was brief but fun - as usual, we tried to pack in enough "stuff" to balance the beach time, and I think this time we were able to get a good combination of the two. Sadly, I was starting to get sick on the way out there, and sure enough, I was facing a head/chest cold from the moment we landed in Nassau. Not a fun way to spend your vacation, but I guess any vacation is better than no vacation, right?
We unfortunately didn't have great weather while we were there - thankfully at least about 2 full days (total) of sun, so we can't complain. We stayed at Breezes, a "super-inclusive" resort that you may have heard of - and I'd have to say our reviews are mixed. The cost was nice (it was a pretty inexpensive trip to the Caribbean), but we definitely got it at the expense of a few other luxuries. Of course it's nice to have unending food and beverage at your disposal, but when the food is only mediocre, and there's only one bar at the pool, you start to feel like maybe it's not quite worth all the trouble... It was of course great to not worry about paying for anything (even the activities like kayaking and trapeeze lessons were free). So there's always that!
Some of the stuff we did:
* Matt sang Karoake to a somewhat "older" crowd on the first night thus changing his original song selection to that of Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock and Roll"
* Kayaked in the gorgeous blue ocean
(built by slaves in the 1800s - by hand!) and visited a fort there that never had to be used in action
* Applied sunscreen haphazardly and got sunburned - badly
* When a group of 120 18 year olds arrived, we started to lay back with the "adults" at the resort, which meant we hid out in the piano bar one of the nights. This turned out to be a fabulous way to spend the evening, as Matt sat at the piano and gathered a huge crowd as he played folks' requests. He was definitely a huge hit! We even met two new friends from Wisconsin - so overall, it was a great night (video proof at the end of this blog)
* Danced the night away at Club Hurricane (we felt like we were in a Rihanna-themed club - those Carribean folks love them some Rihanna! I did not complain!!)
* Competed in a lip-synching contest at the Club - Matt's team won, but only because their third and final song was Billie Jean - who can beat Michael Jackson, come on!! I did a rousing rendition of Single Ladies, I must say.
We finally took a trip to the Atlantis on Paradise Island the last night we were in town. What a gorgeous hotel! Had we known how awesome it was, we probably would have headed over more often. Matt even went up $120 in blackjack only to lose it all and walk away winning all of $5. What can I say, our greed caught up to us in the end!
In short, it was a great trip despite some of the negatives. I came back to work on Wednesday to only get sicker and then realize on Thursday that I have pink eye! The good thing there is that I at least did not have it on our trip. :) We'd definitely go back to the Bahamas - but if we do, we're definitely staying at the Atlantis. I guess sometimes you have to spring for the nicer place after all. We'd also love to go back with some friends - there's a lot to do, and a gorgeous beach to hang out at... can't beat it! I am, however, losing my tan (or sunburn as some may call it), as it's been cloudy/rainy/snowy in Denver for the past few days. Yes, read: snow. I think it's supposed to clear up today, so that's good news!
Our hotel grounds:
Junkanoo!
My piano man:
My flying trapeze man:
FUN! Looks like you had a good time. Sorry you had a cold...you looked great! Hope you're feeling better. I would have been white knuckling it with you on that prop plane!
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