"Our story" begins...

(The new Mr. & Mrs. in Cozumel, Mexico)

Hello again blog world! Sorry for my absence yesterday as I was busy catching up from being out of town this past weekend. My friend Lane and I headed to Atlanta on Friday to do some "house shopping" and I was completely exhausted upon our return Sunday night. All in all we had a great trip and Atlanta won't be the same without us!

As for today - my story, actually now it's "our story" continues. After our wedding we drove a couple hours to nearby Pensacola Beach and stayed the night at the Hilton Garden Inn. Let me take one minute to say that we did not get the room we reserved, it was way overpriced and there was a reunion of some sort going on where people were "carryin' on" all night long. In spite of all of that the night was perfect and that's all I'll say about that as this is a G-rated blog :)

The next morning we drove to New Orleans, Louisiana, to board our cruise ship. The Carnival Conquest - the most perfect boat in the entire world. My sweet, wonderful, perfectly fabulous new husband knew me so well. He booked us on a "French Impressionist" inspired ship where we dined in the Monet Dining Room each night overlooking the ocean, saw shows at the Toulouse Lautrec Lounge and stayed in a beautiful Verandah Deck room complete with our own private balcony. Everywhere we looked there were French Impressionist paintings. Did I mention it was perfect?

Of course our destinations weren't bad either. Montego Bay, Jamaica, Grand Cayman Islands and Cozumel, Mexico. Talk about paradise. I've never seen water so beautiful. Our first stop was Montego Bay, Jamaica, and while I wish we had done things a little differently on this island it was still pretty cool. We played on a beautiful beach, had lunch at Jimmy Buffet's restaurant, and I was offered illegal drugs! Yep, you read that right. While waiting on our taxi back to the boat a couple of Rastafarians propositioned me - right on the street! I wasn't thrilled at the time, but now at least I have a funny story to tell about Jamaica -"eh man" (insert Jamaican accent here)! I did love speaking the language while on the island, even if all I knew was from the movie Cool Runnings. Our driver on the island was impressed with my knowledge.

Our second stop was Grand Cayman Island. My absolute favorite spot! I mean where else can you play with sea turtles? Come back tomorrow for part two of this fabulous island and the conclusion of our honeymoon and see what I mean. Hakuna Matata :)