Thursday, February 23, 2012

Manzanillo Mexico - HERE WE COME!!

1:45am sure came early last Friday morning - seems like the older we get, the harder it is to get up at that hour! But the bags were all ready to put in the car and the weather was clear so it was a straight shot to DIA to park the car and hop on the plane to Houston to meet Jim, Brenda, Patty and Leonard!

We all grabbed some breakfast and the laughter started, especially when leaving the restaurant, Glenn turned the sign around so that it showed closed - oh my, the tricks have already started!

Uneventful flights are always welcomed and soon we landed in Manzanilla! I DO love small airports, especially when you only stand in the customs line for 10 minutes!!! Green lights for all 3 couples and what a pleasure to get through the doors and not have time share guys attacking you! Our driver was waiting for us and we enjoyed a nice 30 minute ride to our hotel, the Barcelona!

What a beautiful hotel! 8 pools, 3 speciality restaurants and a lobby that was out of this world!! We once again opted to do the "Club Premium" and although this special place was much smaller than last year, their food couldn't be beat!! I LOVED all the fresh fruit that was offered and couldn't get enough of the kiwi, raspberries, blackberries and chocolate covered strawberries!!

Club Premium also meant we had ocean view rooms, unlimited reservations at the speciality restaurants, champagne and dessert upon our arrival and chocolate on our pillows at bedtime!!

Our rooms were beautiful - I snapped a couple of pics before the unpacking began!


Our living room opened up to a balcony with a table and chairs and we sure enjoyed it! The bathroom was huge - check it out!!
Here's a picture of the actual resort, taken from the ocean.
We were surprised to see that the area in the bay is all built on a hill - it reminded us of the south of France!
Vacation has begun - the shorts are on - a Miami vice is in hand ( pina colada and strawberry daiquiri mixture) - fresh shrimp is being eaten and life is GREAT!!!! To be Cont'd.......

2 comments:

DrKeppy said...

Oh it looks heavenly!!! Can't wait to hear more (and picture myself right beside you!!)

Patty Jensen said...

Fun seeing your pics!!!