Before my adventures in Europe began (I am in Iceland as I type), my Grandmother generously took the whole family on vacation to Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico! I was a great week of family bonding, beautiful weather, and lots of laughing. Here is a recap of the first few days:
To leave for Mexico, I had to wake up at 2:45am. We
drove to the airport, checked in everything, and I ate a bagel We then
flew to Houston (little detail because I was so tired) and proceeded to
Puerto Vallarta.
When we arrived at the airport, the heat was immediate and overwhelming. Even in my cool travel outfit, the humidity was rampant - fogging my cameras and glasses as soon as I left the air conditioning. When we arrived at the resort we had time to kill before our rooms were ready. All very hungry, we wandered to a taco restaurant and enjoyed our first bite of Mexican food. We then got into our room, headed to Walmart for groceries, took a dip in our wading pool, ate some dinner, I took a shower, went to bed, and slept like a rock.
Monday morning was great because the all of my family gathered for a crepe breakfast at a nice restaurant on the resort. This trip included aunts, uncles, and cousins so everybody could catch up after arrival and settling in. Once my stomach was content I went to the beach with everyone else and enjoyed the sunshine, the powerful waves, the thatched umbrellas, and happy hour. After a few hours at the beach I went back to the room for a quick shower, and then my immediate family left the resort for a nice meal at a restaurant named Fajita Republic. It was absolutely delicious and we all ordered fajitas with steak, chicken, and shrimp! Before bed I was dismayed to see a sunburn forming on my chest and shoulders. Even though I had generously applied SPF 50, my pale skin loves to burn anyway. So I did the only thing I could do, apply tons of lotion, and settled in to bed.
Tuesday I woke up stiff and afraid to
look in the mirror. My toasty complexion was not pretty! In hopes of avoiding the sun, my mother and some other girl cousins ventured across the massive resort to paint pottery (the bowl I made pictured below). In the whole week that I was in Mexico, this was one of my favorite activities and left me with my favorite souvenir! After two
therapeutic hours of painting I braved the beach once more (with even more SPF
50) and ended the day with seafood at a restaurant called Blue Fish, and some frozen yogurt.
Until Next Time,
The Opinionated Lassie
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