Honeymoon

Cody and I debated long and hard about the honeymoon. Would we go immediately following the wedding? Should we wait a few months to save more money and have more vacation days? Cruise? All-inclusive? Do-it-ourselves wandering in Europe?

We decided to leave on the honeymoon on the Monday following our wedding. Our good friend Brad introduced us to VacationsToGo.com, a website specializing in amazing cruise deals. We booked our cruise in July, all while praying that we would miss any possible hurricanes cropping up in the Caribbean.

Best idea ever: Leaving out of New York City instead of Florida. No plane travels, no missing luggage, no flying through the airport a la Home Alone. Just a (frightening) bus ride on the Mega Bus to the NYC Cruise Terminal.

Later New York!


















The smiles of people finally ready to relax! Loving life at this moment... oh and HI Statue of Liberty!





















Drinking the official "Fun Drink" of the day.





















Day 1 at sea, 6am. Early riser! View from our porthole.


















Marcus Monroe, juggler extraordinaire!
































We ditched our fellow cruisers and hunted out this private beach in Turks & Caicos. Just a short taxi ride away and we get peace and quiet, excellent snorkeling, and did I mention peace and quiet?



















On the boat to Half Moon Cay, Bahamas.




















Blue blue blueeeee water! Half Moon Cay = Heavenly.




















Beef stroganoff and spaetzle... I ate like a queen!



































So, cruises really try to suck whatever money they can out of you. Case in point: they took these goofy pictures of us, printed them, and wanted us to spend something like $30 for a print. So instead we broke out the iPhone camera... we look like undercovers from a bad 70s flick.



































Cody and I in front of the Bahama's Parliament House.



















We really loved coming back to our room and checking out the towel animals. This was our favorite!
































We came back from the honeymoon well-rested, happy, and a little crispy. We are SO glad that we decided to honeymoon right after the wedding. Cody and I both needed a vacation, and this was perfect for us.

We left from NYC on the Carnival Miracle on September 20th, had 2 "at sea" days, then went to Turks & Caicos, Half Moon Cay, and then Nassau, then returned to NYC after 2 more at sea days. The at sea days were filled with hours by the pool, afternoon naps, too much food and fruity drinks, and lots of fun activities. We saw a few comedians, an awesome juggler, played some games, watched some movies, read books, and danced our bottoms off. I got Cody to snorkel and try snails - both amazing feats.

If you like a vacation where you don't have to do a lot of thinking, this is the place. :)