Well I have the biggest smile on my face today, because in precisely two days (Monday morning) we're flying out of cold, rainy Halifax to warm, sunshiney Orlando, Florida. We've got a fun five days planned there, visiting Universal Studio's Island of Adventure Park, SeaWorld, and possibly Downtown Disney, enjoying some classic American restaurants we don't have in Atlantic Canada (I'm thinking Red Lobster, Steak 'n Shake, possibly Panda Express), and staying in the gorgeous Floridays Resort. Then on Friday we're driving to Fort Lauderdale and spending the night before boarding our cruise ship, the Emerald Princess, for a ten-day Caribbean cruise. We'll be visiting Nassau in the Bahamas, Barbados, Antigua, St. Lucia, St. Thomas and Aruba.
This is a special blessing that we would never have anticipated last year after our Dream Vacation. (Now that's a long story! You can read about it here, here, here, here and here.) But after Hurricane Sandy stranded us in New York City and cut our cruise shorter, Princess Cruises gave us 50% off of our fare to be used toward another cruise that had to be booked within the next year. Well, we could hardly waste it, right? So that's what sends us off on another major vacation a year later.
And thanks to my on-the-ballness this year, for the two weeks I'm away I have a host of posts I've written that are scheduled to publish while I'm gone. So keep an eye on the blog Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays to see new content. I'm sure you'll hear lots about my adventures when I get back!