Vacation Time!

It couldn't have come at a better time! This winter in Nova Scotia has been absolutely brutal, compared to the last few years, so getting to spend time in a warm climate was great. Of course, coming home was painful, and it still is a little but, but what can you do? It was back to the grind first thing on Monday morning, which is why it has taken me so long to post the trip. We took 962 pictures, so I have spent the last few days sifting through them. I don't know what we did before the age of digital photography!

Miami

Just like last year, we caught the boat out of Miami, so we had a day to spend there. Craig went down before me, so he was able to get checked into the hotel and pick up the rental car and stuff. We were supposed to get a boring sedan, but somehow Craig managed to flirt with the rental lady and got upgraded to a Sebring convertible. Of course he told her he was travelling alone. But, whatever. The car was super cool for cruising around Miami!Here is our hotel. Most comfy beds ever!
This is an advertisement for some bank. I just thought it was cool. On the ship, the announcements were always ended with "... and have a great day" after which all the workers would yell "Woo hoo!"
After a crazy thunderstorm in the morning, we had fantastic weather.

Craig and I drove the convertible over to Miami Beach, and just walked around snapping pictures. The architecture is so cool!
You'll see a lot of pictures of cool cars. At least Craig thought they were cool. I really don't know any better.

The beach was okay. Really crowded. Apparently there was a lesbian wedding further down the beach on this day. For those of you that remember my pictures from last year, Craig and I took a similar picture to this. Coincidently, I am wearing the same shirt that I was wearing in that picture.


We passed Miami High School on our way back to the hotel. It was huge. All the schools in Southern Florida seem to be really open and airy. I can totally picture myself working there. I'm sure the kids would still be crazy, but at least I would be warm!

Friday night, all 17 people who were coming to the wedding went out for dinner. It took some coordinating, but it ended up being a fun supper!
Mom got Nicole and Mark bride and groom hats. Nicole was so thrilled to wear it in the busy restaurant.
I`m really glad that so many people were able to make it!

Liberty of the Seas

Since the Royal Caribbean Liberty of the Seas is the newest, biggest cruise ship in the world, I fingured she deserved an entire post of her own. She truly was beautiful!This is the adult pool area. This is where we did our lounging and swimming, since no kids under 16 were allowed here. There were A LOT of kids on this ship.
There were bars and clubs everywhere. This is the Champagne Bar. We didn`t go here, but the big bottle was cool!
One of the major features that sets this ship apart from the one we took last year is the Flowrider, where you could either do stand-up surfing or body boarding. I was too wimpy to try it, but Craig did the body boarding. There are some pictures of this from later in the week.

There was also a water park for kids called the H2O Zone. It was pretty cool! Griffin was pretty impressed when he saw the pictures.

In the centre of the ship was the Royal Promenade, which was the shopping area. There were also some clubs and cafes here as well. It`s gorgeous. The floors are all granite, and the sky lights keep it bright and sunny.
The rock wall was super high. Again, I was too wimpy. But kudos to Erin for making it to the top twice! The sport pools
The dining room, which was three levels and spectacular.
The how tubs in the solarium came out from the side of the ship so you could look out at the water. Very cool!
The running track. I didn`t use this, or the gym. I was on vacation!

A really cool picture of manhattan

Just in case you got lost...
The hot tub from the outside
I forgot to mention before I left, but we ended up with Superior Balcony suites for the price of interior promenade rooms. They overbooked the promenade rooms, so we lucked out! The balconies were great to have, and we were all pretty much right next door to each other.