Our Cruise (just me and Steve)

We went on the vacation of our lives. No kids. No stress. No internet/cell phones/pagers. No kids. Just me and my husband and as much food as we could eat in a lifetime. We went to Grand Cayman and Cozumel on the Grandeur of the Seas which is the smallest ship in the Royal Caribbean fleet. It held 2000 guest and 700 staff. We docked next to the Oasis, which is their largest ship, and actually the largest ship in the world. It holds 6500 guests and something like 2300 staff. It towered over us, and the guests felt pretty cool about themselves and made quite a few jokes at our expense. It was actually pretty funny. 'Whats the weather like down there?' and 'Are we blocking your sun?' were a few of the typical lines. Its funny how people get possessive of things that do not belong to them.

Grandeur of the Seas

Our new friends from the cruise: Diane and Marcio, and Melanie and Ryan. We had so much fun with them. We were the only ones with kids, but we felt like we were all the same because (did I mention) our kids weren't there with us. It was so nice to feel like an actual grown up, with intelligent things to say instead of a mom with Dora on the brain constantly (I can't fall asleep sometimes because I'll get Dora songs repeating over and over in my head. 'We're the pirate pigs. We're the pirate pigs.' I didn't have that problem at all on this trip :)

The beautiful waters of the Caribbean. I was amazed at how vivid the colors of the ocean are there. Its either a dark rich blue, or this amazing turquoise. It was gorgeous.

If any of you out there knows me well, you know that I am a chicken. I am not daring in any stretch of the imagination. I'm afraid of most things including roller coasters, heights of any kind, and volcanoes. Not so on this trip. We actually swam with stingrays, and held them and kissed them and we didn't even die (I say this, because my formal self would have been convinced that such an activity could only lead to death).

Something that I was not afraid of... Karaoke!!! My friend, Melanie and I sang 'Love Shack' by the B52's. It was hilarious and we had the crowd in the palm of our hands. The entertainment on the ship is incredible and there is multiple things going on the entire time. We were thoroughly entertained the whole time.

We highly recommend cruising for everyone (except maybe those who have a deathly fear of lots of happy people in close places). There was no stress, and we had the time of our lives. We will definitely cruise again.