Leaving it all behind

So, a week ago, my mom dropped Dan and I off at the Cruise Terminal Oh yes, Dan and I finally ran away on a second honeymoon! We spent a week on the Norwegian Spirit and had a really good time. We figured if we were going to live this close to the New Orleans port, we should take advantage of it. And we did!

This was our room. The buffet dining was on the 12th floor. That means we ran up and down 7 flights of stairs quite regularly. I refused to take the elevator. Knowing the amount of yummy food we'd be eating, it seemed wiser.

My and my sweetie-pie, hanging out on the deck.

Our first stop was Costa Maya, where we visited the Mayan Ruins of Kohunlich, which were really nifty. Okay, so I thought this tree growing out of the ruin was super awesome.

The ruins were impressive, though not as large as some others. But we could climb on these, and I liked that!

Next we were in Belize, where we did a jungle walk and went cave tubing. See that little cave opening under the grabby-knabby vines?! That's where we floated along in our inner tubes. So pretty and so fun.

Yep, them's my toes and there's the cave I floated through.

Did I mention how fun it was to come into the room each night to a different towel animal? This was one of my favorites. Wait... They were all my favorites!

Thursday Dan and I went to Roatan and went to the beach and went snorkeling. I didn't realize it would be so hard!! I hate breathing through my mouth and my brain was freaking out because it just knew I couldn't breath underwater. It took me a bit to be comfortable, and I'm so glad I did it! We saw fishies and more fishies and fun fishies and coral!

That's me! See, I really did it! And I love-love-loved the little mini kodak camera. It really WAS waterproof! And it took decent pix for me.

And when we were done playing in the sea, we hung out on the beach.

A lovely sunset at sea. Sort-of. We visited Cozumel on Friday and just did shopping. And I realized I had no sunset pictures, so I had to remedy that. We're just leaving Cozumel here.

Mmmmmmm...... the Chocoholic Buffet! Chocolate delights, chocolate carvings and ice sculptures. What more do you need?! Well, now I may need a corset.

Delicious!

This is the track. 18 laps makes 3 miles. I ran 18 laps 3 days of the cruise. While laps are incredibly boring, and counting 18 laps is horrid, it certainly is fun to run with the roll of the ship.

And in case you need to know why this much running (plus 2 more days in the gym on their elliptical) was necessary, let me show you some of the other culinary deliciousness that is now padding my hips:

And now to resume real life.....