So, as some of you may have read, Jerry and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary on January 6th in the Bahamas! We stayed at Sandals which is along Cable Beach in Nassau. It was a fun, WARM, fantastic trip (minus the sickness), and I thought I'd wrap up the highlights for you here.
We left Monday the 5th, and flew to Nassau via Miami. Here we are looking uber-pale on our first day while we were waiting for our luggage to be taken to our room so we could suit up and hit the beach.
Wow-we're white.
The two dark windows on the right just above where you see the dark striped awning (I know, this picture is REALLY dark) is our room (it looks kinda like two white slits on the side of the building). Not the best view, but hey, who cares? We were in the Bahamas!
This is where we ate breakfast everyday-it's actually called Spices, and they had a buffet every morning-but Sandals likes to put their name on EVERYTHING at the resort....
Down by the beach they had these awesome gas fire pits that they lit up every night. Spots around them were coveted, and we only got to lounge in front of one on our first night. They were nice though-if I ever lived on a beach, I'd have a pit with a big ol' lounge chair in front of it. It's the best combination-listening to the waves and watching the flames.
Our second day there we went snorkeling. It was gorgeous. I enjoyed everything about the experience except the mouthful of sea water I took in about a minute and a half into the water. But once I got the gagging under control, I got to see some beautiful fish. Jerry actually went scuba diving in the same area on Thursday while I was getting a massage, and we're hoping the photos on the underwater camera we purchased come out-we'll post them if they do.
On our 3rd day there, the 7th, Jerry arranged for us to have a private dinner on the beach. (It was all booked for our actual anniversary, but that's okay, it was just as beautiful.)
It was fun. The food was okay. They had only certain select menus, so you couldn't mix and match, but most of my meal was good. I just found out the hard way I don't like lobster tail.:) And please note how SUPER sun-burned Jerry is. Yeah, he didn't reapply the sunblock.:)
Thursday was spent lounging beach side, eating lunch and collecting shells on the resort's private island (Sandal's Cay), attempting wind surfing (WAY harder than it looks), learning to "sail", Jer going scuba diving, and me getting a massage-and not just any massage-it was outside on a special pier. It was nice hearing the waves while I was gettin' my rub down. It ended up a bit windy toward the end, so I was a bit cold, but other than that it was fantastic.
Aside from the stomach flu I came down with late Thursday night (and therefore spending ALL day on Friday in bed) the trip was magnificent. I just wish I had had all day Friday to spend out on the resort's private island which I only got to spend a couple of hours at on Thursday.
We came home Saturday afternoon, and since then Jerry and I won't have a single day at home together for another week and a half! One or the other of us, or both of us, work everyday until the 26th. Glad we got our week in to ourselves!!!
We left Monday the 5th, and flew to Nassau via Miami. Here we are looking uber-pale on our first day while we were waiting for our luggage to be taken to our room so we could suit up and hit the beach.
Wow-we're white.
The two dark windows on the right just above where you see the dark striped awning (I know, this picture is REALLY dark) is our room (it looks kinda like two white slits on the side of the building). Not the best view, but hey, who cares? We were in the Bahamas!
This is where we ate breakfast everyday-it's actually called Spices, and they had a buffet every morning-but Sandals likes to put their name on EVERYTHING at the resort....
Down by the beach they had these awesome gas fire pits that they lit up every night. Spots around them were coveted, and we only got to lounge in front of one on our first night. They were nice though-if I ever lived on a beach, I'd have a pit with a big ol' lounge chair in front of it. It's the best combination-listening to the waves and watching the flames.Our second day there we went snorkeling. It was gorgeous. I enjoyed everything about the experience except the mouthful of sea water I took in about a minute and a half into the water. But once I got the gagging under control, I got to see some beautiful fish. Jerry actually went scuba diving in the same area on Thursday while I was getting a massage, and we're hoping the photos on the underwater camera we purchased come out-we'll post them if they do.
On our 3rd day there, the 7th, Jerry arranged for us to have a private dinner on the beach. (It was all booked for our actual anniversary, but that's okay, it was just as beautiful.)
It was fun. The food was okay. They had only certain select menus, so you couldn't mix and match, but most of my meal was good. I just found out the hard way I don't like lobster tail.:) And please note how SUPER sun-burned Jerry is. Yeah, he didn't reapply the sunblock.:)
Thursday was spent lounging beach side, eating lunch and collecting shells on the resort's private island (Sandal's Cay), attempting wind surfing (WAY harder than it looks), learning to "sail", Jer going scuba diving, and me getting a massage-and not just any massage-it was outside on a special pier. It was nice hearing the waves while I was gettin' my rub down. It ended up a bit windy toward the end, so I was a bit cold, but other than that it was fantastic.
Aside from the stomach flu I came down with late Thursday night (and therefore spending ALL day on Friday in bed) the trip was magnificent. I just wish I had had all day Friday to spend out on the resort's private island which I only got to spend a couple of hours at on Thursday.
We came home Saturday afternoon, and since then Jerry and I won't have a single day at home together for another week and a half! One or the other of us, or both of us, work everyday until the 26th. Glad we got our week in to ourselves!!!
6 comments:
That's really awesome, dude! So glad you guys had such a great time and got to enjoy some exotic time. My most scenic adventures are still inside the States!
And late as it may be, happy belated anniversary to you guys! Many congrats and warm wishes.
Congratulations, you guys! What an awesome anniversary vacation. Did Misha create some memories of her own while you were gone? :)
Congrats! I'm glad you guys had such a good time! Hope all is well at home with Misha. Love you!
So glad you got some one-on-one time with each other, as well as some fun and relaxation! I wouldn't mind being on a beach during this time of the year!
How FUN!! Congratulations!! It looks like you had SO much fun! I'm so glad- you guys totally deserved it! I've always wanted to go to the Bahamas...and Todd and I are going on a cruise there 2 weeks from today!! Hollah!!!
Congrats on passing a huge milestone- 5 years! I loved reading about your trip (what I could read... it was really hard to read the yellow writing). I keep trying to convince Jim that we need to get out of all the snow and cold up here, and take a cruise or something.
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