January 3, 2010
HAPPY NEW YEAR! December was busy and went buy fast. We realize that we haven’t issued any new editions of the SUNDAY NEWS since mid- November. We had a nice quite cozy Thanksgiving. Food, football, naps and movies ruled the day. Lori celebrated her birthday last month.
Karl got her an IPod Touch, which she can’t seem to put down. She is addicted to the game Bejeweled.
While we got news reports of recording breaking snow storms around the country, we enjoyed a non-traditional Christmas aboard a week long Mexican Riviera Cruise.
We have loaded a lot of pictures and stuff this week, so be sure to click on OLDER POSTS at the bottom right when you get to the bottom of the blog. Don’t stop until you finish with the Bonaventure.
The Splendor
Carnival Splendor is one newest and the largest Carnival ship. It has a retractable sky dome that covers the pool deck, which was perfect for our trip since it was a little cool on the days we were furthest north close to Los Angeles. The 113,300-ton Splendor is designed around the theme of "splendid things," a celebration of the magnificent, lustrous and elegant. Pink is thematic color throughout the entire ship. Everything is pink, even the wood banisters are stained pink. The girls really liked that. Lori seems to have the luck at seas. She won money again in the on board Casino.
Puerto Vallarta
Our first port was Puerto Vallarta and we really liked Puerto Vallarta. Puerto Vallarta enjoys over 300 sunny days a year with temperatures averaging right around 83 degrees. Puerto Vallarta is situated on the same latitude as Hawaii and enjoys a similar sunny and tropical climate. Because Puerto Vallarta lies on Bahia Banderas, the second largest natural bay in North America and has over 100 miles of coast line, it is a haven for anyone who enjoys any type of beach activity. The surrounding jungle is also beautiful. In fact the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie, ‘Predator’ was shot just up the hill from the resort we visited.
We started the day with an early trip to a Mexican Wal-Mart where everyone spoke Spanish and the prices were in pesos. Then we took a taxi from Wal-Mart down the coast about a half an hour to the Barcelo Mismaloya All-Inclusive Resort.
