Back from vacation

So, my dh and I headed to Cocoa Beach a week ago Thursday.  Our plane didn't touch down until after six, so we picked up our rental car at the Orlando airport, headed to the La Quinta Hotel right on the ocean in Cocoa Beach (see that sunrise...that's from our balcony) then headed to the boardwalk next door for dinner...yum.  

Friday, we went to Nasa.  Oh, sooooooo cool for the geek in me!  We saw the Endeavor on the launchpad.  There was a second shuttle out as well, but we couldn't see it.  It's probably the last time they'll have two shuttles out together.  We listened to an astronaut, Susan Kilrain (http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/still.html), speak.  She's been in space twice!   That's me with her.

Saturday, we just kicked around Cocoa Beach.  Took long walks on the beach, and in local neighborhoods.  We even found I Dream of Jeannie Lane!  It's a beautiful city!

Sunday...we boarded Disney's Wonder for our cruise.  We went to Nassau in the Bahamas, and Disney's private island, Castaway Cay.  They have the Black Pearl from the movie there in the bay.  Of course, we had a lot of pictures taken with our favorite characters...

 Now, on the Disney Cruises you sit with the same people each night, and you have the same waitstaff.  Now, my dh's name is DJ (short for Don) and how weird is it that two of our tablemates were a Holly and Don?  They live in central PA even (we live in PA too). And we had Mark and Jo, then Barb and her daughter Kate.  Then come our waiters, Ricardo and Cristain.  They were wonderful!

Now, I need to mention our room steward Sonia...she was absolutely lovely.  We never saw here when she didn't have a smile!  Plus, she left us the coolest towel animals every night when she turned down the bed!

One of the highlights of the trip was meeting new friends.  We met Caroline and Jay along with their gorgeous little girls as we waited to board the ship.  (We all had a camera karma moment!)  And we saw them all over the ship.  Our last night there, we met on deck nine and shared a bottle of asti spumanti!!  I really we hope we keep in touch!

Our last night, I caught a beautiful sunset from the ship.

Thursday morning, we left the Wonder.  It was really a magical trip.  I read a ton of books while I sat on our private balcony.  We did a lot of the activities (I won an airline blanket set...I really like winning!) and watched shows and movies!  When we left Thursday, we went back to the Cocoa Beach La Quinta (and if you're ever down there, it's a great hotel.  Lovely staff, every room has an ocean view, and it was fairly inexpensive!  We went to Fish Lips for dinner and sat on the deck...and watched the wonder leave with a new group of people.  SIGH.  I'm pretty sure we'll be going on another cruise soon!

So, we flew home Friday morning. I'm back in the US all refreshed and raring to go!  I'm almost caught up here and should be back to my usual schedule today!

Holly 

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