Welcome to Miami!

Keith’s company does a couple of cruises every year to reward their most successful brand partners.  Daniel told Keith a while back that we would get to come along on their cruise to The Bahamas. They take some of the executives on trips to thank them for their hard work.  We were thrilled for the opportunity for a free vacation! We are stuck in the Miami airport all day today while we wait for our flight, so I figured I might as well blog about our trip!

Wednesday night mom came to our house and we went to her house to stay the over-night because we had a very early flight.  We got up at 4 AM and got ready and left for the airport. We had a layover in Atlanta and we didn’t get to our hotel room until after 5PM!  It was a long day!  We traveled with the event planners and photographers from Keith’s work.  It was nice to have Julie take care of everything for us so we didn’t have to worry about getting to the hotel or anything like that.

I was feeling pretty nauseous after our long day of traveling.  Keith and I decided to walk downtown for dinner. Since my stomach was funny we just went to subway for dinner.  The fresh air felt great. 

After that we walked down to the bay.  The first two pictures are views from the bay.  We enjoyed sitting by the water for a while.  After that we went back to the hotel and went to bed.  We were both exhausted!

The next morning Keith went to a breakfast meeting while I got ready.  They told us this was our vacation, but they did need some help and Keith had some responsibilities.  We rode over with the group to the port and waited to board the ship.  We were able to get in the boat around 11 AM. Since we were getting a free trip we decided to splurge on the drink package.  We drank a ton of pina coladas!  

At 2 PM we were able to get into our room.  We had a nice room!  It had a couch and a balcony and we didn’t feel cramped at all. 

The boat was huge!  I knew they were big, but I had no idea how big.  There were so many people on the boat, I had to escape to my room sometimes to get some relief from the crowds!  We went to the buffet for lunch.  It was really good.  

We went right out on the balcony when we got into our room.  We loved sitting on the balcony.  It was really hot and humid, so we liked to do it at night. 

We enjoyed the view of Miami from the boat.  

We had to help direct people and Keith had to go to a kickoff event, but after that we got to relax for a while until dinner.  I sat on the balcony  and watched the boat pull away.  I saw two dolphins diving in and out of the water. 

 That night we went to dinner in the dining room.  Vasayo had a bunch of tables and they assigned us to sit with some brand partners.  It was the most awkward dinner!  I knew I had a sheltered life, but after this cruise I have realized just how sheltered I am.  I love my sheltered life!  It was hard to find things to talk about with people.  All they wanted to talk about was alcohol, gambling and marketing and I don't know about any of that!  Everyone was very nice though, I just got self conscious.  That night Keith had to go to a reception, I opted to stay in our cabin and read. It was a great way to end our first night on the boat.