Last night I got back from the most relaxing yet incredibly packed Spring Vacation! It all began in LA where my BFF/Roommate Chrissy and I met up with my brother. We went to In N Out for a late (very late!) dinner and then off to Casey's (not KC's, which is what I thought it was...) Tavern for a very, very late "adult" drink. It was a pretty cool place and we were there til about 130am when it closed! The next day we hung out with my brother at the mall and then went to dinner at the Cheesecake Factory! Yum! And while we were having dinner an old man came up to me and asked if I was Selma Hayek's sister! Ha! That totally made my already amazing day!
After dinner my brother took up to the Queen Mary where we were staying for the night, and we all had a drink up at the bar at the front of the boat. The next morning Chrissy and I awoke in our amazing room in the Queen Mary and were served breakfast in bed! It was fabulous! After we got ready for the day we explored the Queen Mary museum a bit and then headed off to our cruise ship "Paradise"!
The first full day of our crusie we were at Catalina Island. We found a cute coffee shop/ sake bar (ha!) and had coffee before strolling along town. We then decided to rent a golf cart and drive around the island and then we finished our day with some fantastic fish and chips!
The next day we were in Ensanada and had a fabulous time there as well! We ended up going to La Bufadora (the blowhole) and the open market there. We bought some cool things and had amazing churros! Our tour guide was amazing too! His name was Rigo and he was hilarious!
The next and final day of the cruise we were at sea the whole day and pretty much just laid out in the sun the whole afternoon. We also went to the dining room 3 times that day and had sit down meals for each meal that day! So I had eggs benedict for breakfast, a burger for lunch and veal for dinner. I also finished my book "The Congo" that I had been reading during the trip.
The next day we got off the cruise ship back in Long Beach and met up with Chrissy's friend Matt. He took us to Santa Monica and we walked along the coast and into town. Chrissy and I went to LUSH (yay!) and then we went to this place for lunch where I had some amazing tacos!
Matt then dropped us off at our hotel and Chrissy and I crashed for the rest of the night.
The next day when we checked in at the airport we weren't given any seat assignments so we went to the counter by our gate to ask if it would be at all possible for us to sit next to each other. Well, the flight was completelly OVERBOOKED and they were offering 250 dollar vouchers if you gave up your seat and flew the next day. Chrissy was contemplating it and I might have too if I didn't have to get back to work on Monday. They even announced a later flight into Honolulu that we said we were willing to take since we knew that people were on their way for vacation and weren't likely to give up their seats, but then we wouldn't be able to make our connecting flight to Kona and would have to stay the night in Oahu. Well, after pretty much everyone had boarded the plane, the lady at the counter came up to us and gave us our tickets.... and they were for first class! She said she never does this, and we said praise you Jesus! So we got to fly back to Hawaii in first class and we even got to sit next to each other! What a perfect way to end and seemingly perfect trip!
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