On Friday, May 13th, our family began our "summer" vacation!
We started this trip off at 5 am, heading to the airport to catch our 6:30 am flight to... San Antonio! I LOVE San Antonio. I love the food, the weather (usually), the shopping, the atmosphere. My sister has spent the past 4 years at Trinity University in San Antonio, and this leg of the trip was for her graduation. I can't believe she has actually graduated college! That means I am old, since my 5 year college reunion is this fall...
We have family in Texas that joined us for the ceremony and festivities, and some of my grandparents also made the trip, so we had a fun group to celebrate with. We stayed at a beautiful Embassy Suites downtown, right off the Riverwalk area. This hotel is pretty new, and it was very lovely. The happy hour each night included beer, wine, plus sangria, rum punch, margaritas etc. The breakfast was amazing, made to order omelets that were perfect, plus all the normal hot breakfast items, as well as pastries, oatmeal, cereal and fresh fruit. The pool area was also fantastic, but since Jack threw up next to it after our first swimming foray, we stuck with dangling our feet in the water for the rest of the trip. On the upside, I have learned I have excellent cat-like reflexes when it comes to vomit catching! After all, I did not want everyone to have to get out of the pool due to a bio hazard!
The ceremony itself was very nice, the student speaker was pretty good, and the commencement speaker was great. Very insightful, but still light and funny! Naturally it dragged on after a while, but that's pretty typical. We had our celebratory dinner at our favorite San Antonio restaurant, La Margarita! The food and drinks were amazing as usual, and while the service wasn't stellar, he got the job done, and wasn't rude or anything.
Sunday it was back to the airport for our second (mini) leg if the trip. We got on our afternoon flight to Fort Lauderdale right on time and made it here about half an hour early. We got our luggage and boarded our shuttle to the Hyatt Place Fort Lauderdale Airport- North.
I selected this hotel because I used to work at one, right as it began its renovations to become a "Hyatt Place". I knew it had decent amenities, and the rate was pretty cheap, so we were able to get 2 rooms. Upon arrival, it was obvious that this place has ahd some wear and tear, but the staff is friendly and it has everything we need. Jack had a chance to swim for a bit, and then we headed over to the Outback for dinner right nearby so we could walk. The food at dinner was great, and I got to try something I have heard about on Twitter and Facebook, but never seen in real life- A Red Stag Lemonade. I definitely get the hype, it was darn good. Unfortunately the same could not be said for our waiter, who was very busy, very forgetful, and very forgettable. After dinner we walked a bit farther to get some frozen yogurt for dessert. We finally made it back and into bed. Of course Jack had a bad dream so he ended up sleeping with me in a double bed, so while the bed was comfy and nice, it was crowded.
This morning we slept in a bit and got some pretty random (though free) breakfast. Now I am utilizing the free Wifi (which is a bit spotty) to check on things before we head off on our 3rd and final leg of our journey... our cruise! We have a shuttle picking us up and taking us to Miami where we will board the Carnival Destiny for 5 relaxing nights in the Bahamas! I haven't decided yet if I will pay the steep fee for internet on the ship, so everyone might just have to wait till we get back to hear more about our exciting summer adventure!
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