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Showing posts with label holiday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label holiday. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

I'm Back....

Well, I haven't blogged in a few weeks so here's the deal.   My hubby and I went on an amazing Mediterranean cruise so for the next few days I will take you on a revisit of our adventures day by day.  We booked our cruise with Norwegian which we used for an Alaskan cruise about 10 years ago which was also wonderful.  

Sagrada Família church
Columbus Monument
 Casa Batlló
Arc de Triomf
Day 1 -- We flew out of Atlanta to Barcelona, Spain.  When we landed in Barcelona we were there early, 8:30am and the cruise line had arranged to take us on a bus tour of the city prior to boarding our ship, the Epic.  Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain. We got to see some highlights of Barcelona which included the Sagrada Família a still unfinished Gothic style Roman Catholic church by Antoni Gaudi. Gaudi also did some other amazing buildings in Barcelona such as 
Barcelona Cathedra 
Casa Batlló & Casa Vicens.    We also got to see the Barcelona Cathedral, the Columbus Monument,  & the Arc de Triomf among other sites.  Then we were off to board our ship the Norwegian Epic. Pretty big ship I might say too at 155,000 tons with 3, yes 3 water slides, 3 pools, 5 hot tubs and over 6000 people on board.  We left Barcelona about 7pm and were on our way to our first port Naples, Italy on Tuesday.  Monday was our day at sea so we just relaxed and explored the ship and that evening went to dinner at the Taste. We had steak & lobster which was soooo yummy and then we were off to see the Blue Man Group which was really fun.


Thursday, July 4, 2013

Happy 4th of July!

Hope everyone has a happy, healthy & safe 4th of July.  We've had so much rain in my area that most of the fireworks have been either canceled or posponed.  :-(   We don't usually go to the fireworks because we can hear and see our neighbors letting them off from our front porch. Having your home on a hill has a few advantages.  One you can see the nice views and B...you usually don't have to worry about flooding  LOL   All this crappy weather has my joints a aching too. I've been living on Aleve for breakfast.  Getting old sucks but I suppose it's better than the alternative.  

Not sure what this 4 day weekend will have in store for me but I'm sure it will include a movie...hehehe  I think we have chosen THE HEAT as our movie this weekend because the LONE RANGER isn't getting good press.  Most of the time I (we) don't pay any attention to movie reviews and just pick something that appeals to both of us.  Luckily for my hubby I like all the action flix and I can on occasion get him to go to a chick flick especially if Sandra Bullock is in it LOL  That's his celebrity crush.  Mine is Hugh Jackman and I loves me some Wolverine action so I can't wait for that movie to come out :-)

July is a busy month for me. Holiday, helping mom with the new house, and a
dental hygiene convention to attend.  Really looking forward to the RDH Under One Roof convention which is being held in Las Vegas this year..WOOOHOOO  I've never been to Vegas so I'm killing 2 birds with 1 stone so to speak.  Get some good education while crossing Vegas off my bucket list.  My roomie, Kathy and I are going to a Cirque du Soleil's Mystere at Treasure Island.  It's gonna be soooo fun.  I plan on seeing the fountains at the Bellagio and taking a tour of the Venetian, might even fit in a gondola ride...hehehe

Well that's it for me...Until next time...Have a great 4th of July!!!