Well, it's only one month to go until our vacation. It sounds like a ways away but when we booked the trip it was over 4 months away, so I know the next month will fly by. For the last 5 or so years my husband and I have been talking about selling everything and living abroad. Costa Rica is high on our list. We've never been there so we figure it's about time we check it out to see if we would actually want to live there. I had a really hard time narrowing down...

Yesterday was a very lazy day. We pretty much hung out in our room most of the day watching TV and being lazy. We did go to the dining room for lunch since we had not done that yet. I really liked it and wish we had done it a lot more! They offer a menu and a buffet. You can do one or the other or you can do both. I got a salad from the buffet and a meal and dessert from the menu. The meal was decent, but the dessert was the best we had on the entire cruise. It ...

This morning we got up and got some coffee from Park Café. I had read that it's pretty bad and that’s true, but it’s also free so I can live with it. We wondered around looking at some of the breakfast venues. Wipeout Café offers omelets cooked to order so I wanted to see what sides they had. It was a limited selection of bacon, fruit, and some bread. They only offer a few fillings for omelets like ham, tomatoes, mushrooms, and one or two mo...

This morning we got up at 6, packed up the car, dropped the dogs off at doggie daycare and drove 3.5 hours to Fort Lauderdale. We got on the ship around noon. Getting on was really easy and took about 15 minutes. Rooms are not ready until 1PM so we made a beeline for Park Café. I had read numerous reviews about their roast beef sandwiches and a friend at my old job told me about them, so I wanted to try one. They definitely live up to the hype. Kyle didn't r...