Superbowl Fixings

Here's our menu for Superbowl Sunday:

Sage sausage stuffed mushrooms
Fried hot chicken wings
Buffalo baked chicken drumettes
Stuffed jalapeno peppers with cream cheese and bacon
Mini bagels with ham and cream cheese
Tortilla chips with queso dip

So far my chicken wings turned out perfectly. Golden brown, not burned at all. I'll add Tabasco and butter to them. R is making his baked with this really hot buffalo seasoning.

The jalapenos always turn out awesome and we're going to finish watching the Super Bowl and eat some yummies.

Ready for Spring

I am so tired of this weather. One minute it's so gorgeous, like today, and the next minute it's all cold again. Tomorrow night is supposed to be in the 30's yet yesterday it was in the upper 60's. I tell ya, I really enjoyed the weather in Mexico. We went at the perfect time because it wasn't overly hot, just windy and balmy. It did get hot out last day there while at Xcaret but even that wasn't bad at all and in Cozumel it was absolutely beautiful. It rained briefly but never got steamy or humid, just windy and nice. I miss that and I want my sunshine back.

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Those road signs in Mexico

If only we'd gotten that weird bull and railroad tracks sign too!

Thursday, Friday and home

Thursday we got the Calica. Calica is basically a rock quarry where it's close to Xcaret, Cancun, Playa Del Carmen, etc. We had opted to go to Xcaret. I had wanted to also visit Cancun but a one way taxi ride was $60 USD. I'll keep that in mind next time. Even to PDC was $30 USD one way. To Xcaret it was only $10. There were weird road signs on the way like Iguana crossing, a sign with multiple animals on it crossing and some weird sign with railroad tracks and a bull in the middle and we have no clue what that means still.

Xcaret is beautiful. We barely had time to even see some of it but what we did see was breathtaking. Cenotes, a butterfly pavilion, the aviary, gorgeous pools, etc. The weird thing is there is a lack of handrails and some places are like a 100 foot drop with no handrail. Everything is very hard to walk on and steep. I have never walked so much in my life. It was worth it though. They had an awesome looking buffet but it was pricey and we didn't have time anyway. We had to be on the boat at 4:30 and didn't even leave till 3:30.

Friday there was a great show. It was called Ticket to Ride and was a Beatles tribute show. We had glow sticks and everything. One of the best Carnival shows I've seen and even tops the Broadway one we saw on the last trip to Mexico.

We got into Mobile in the morning and took the "easy" disembarking so we could sleep later and not have to tote our luggage out. We were going to pick up Mardi Gras beads in Alabama but they had parades that day so the tunnel was closed. Mobile has over 48 parades for Mardi Gras! Wow! We have like 4 here.

Well, that's all I can think of for now. Obviously there's a lot to tell but you can see our pictures and all on Webshots.

PS I still don't think I can pronounce Xcaret right.

Monday, Tues and Wednesday

I'm trying to split these up and make sure they're not boring. Monday and Tuesday were days at sea so we weren't in Mexico till Wednesday. After learning this, I got incredibly homesick. For some reason I thought we were to be in Cozumel on Tuesday so two days at sea were a lot for me. I was very emotional and a crybaby. Okay, not in public but to myself. I had fun but was just feeling sad.

Wednesday we reached Cozumel and the homesickness went away. We docked in the morning and headed out to Cozumel. We took some awesome pictures and had lunch at Pablo's Patio again like last time. We paid a cab driver to take us to a private beach and back to the ship when it was time to go. She took us to the most beautiful beach and while I was filming some video four parrots flew by. Now that's so cool! We bought a few things but honestly, not much. We got some real vanilla, a shirt, 2 wall lizards and a wall hanging. They all look great together in our dining room and we finally found the best prices. Oh and I definitely visited the farmacias (pharmacy). It was super cool to see all of the neat things you can get over the counter. I got my vitamin B12 shots at 5 for $22 and here it's $25 a shot at the cheapest. They had antibiotics, etc...anything you could want but narcotics. It was packed too, with people and their prescriptions.

We also saw some beautiful artwork that was totally unaffordable but now we can't remember the guy's name who does it. It's like ceramic animals in hot air balloons and tubs. Sounds weird but totally gorgeous and whimsical. One small piece was $199.00 and the big one was like $3000. Now I can't find them here because we forgot the name.

The boat ride down was pretty smooth and we had a nice time sans that bout of homesickness.

Pictures are up

Keep in mind that these aren't edited for showcasing and the videos are on here too so just FF through them to get to the pictures :)



Mexico 2010