I am quickly updating this and Darla is already saying, 'Hey! we're on Vacation!!" Yeah, I know, but those of us that have OCD tendencies answer to a higher calling. This will be quick.
The vacation so far has been tremendous. Darla says that she loves the "pace" of the vacation. We ate dinner at 8 o'clock last night and then slept in until nine this morning. It is a little weird for me to drive past the golf course and not be playing, but I made a promise (unbidden btw) that this would be Darla's trip and that I would leave the golf clubs at home.
We went out this morning to the store in Paradise Village and shopped for groceries for the week. We have the meal plan as usual and have decided that we can share a dinner every night and get six dinners in. The meal plan is just $300 and includes 6 dinners and 6 breakfasts. We will eat breakfast out three times and each get a meal, but share the dinners. Last night we had surf and turf (beef medallions and shrimp) at Punta Arena with an appetizer of chicken lettuce wraps and a cheesecake for dessert. Tonight we were at Tramonto, the Italian restaurant and had calamari for appetizer and rib eye for dinner with tiramisu for dessert. People say the meal plan is limiting, but we figure we pay for the dinners and get the breakfasts for free. Last night's dinner was $72 and tonight was $68.
We got upgraded to the Punta tower when we checked in. They had us over in Tower 2 on the 7th floor and we wanted to be in Tower 1. Nothing was available, so they moved us into the residences at Punta. We have a nice room overlooking the pools and beach area. We didn't want to have to overlook the river and walk to the pools this time. The resort is at low season and Tower three is closed. They are in the process of getting ready to implode the last of the Mayan Palace buildings and those are also closed. They have opened the shops over next to Tower 1 and have a market, gelato, chocolate shop, deli and liquor store as well as a department store with men's and women's fashions. Very nice and needed.
Darla met a lady today at the pool from West Roseville. She lives about a mile from our house and they talked in the pool for about an hour while I rested.
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I added some pictures from the condo above as well as a "selfie" from Darla and I at the pool today. I will add more to this next week as I have to get back to Vacation. We have our update tomorrow, which Darla is dreading and then Wednesday, I have us booked on a catamaran that will take us snorkeling and then to a beach for lunch and swimming. All told, we will be gone for 7 hours. looking forward to it. I hope you are all well. Ciao.
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