The weather was absolutely BEAUTIFUL on our fifth day!
We usually stayed at the pool till lunch, then headed to the beach afterwards. Jon read one and a half books while we were there. He the last book he remembers reading all the way through was Dr. Dolittle!! Ha!
Laura, the sun goddess, made sure she was always in full sun- even if she was all by herself on the middle of the beach! Jon said she was a contender for the darkest person out there….
The boys rocked it out under the umbrella while Laura worked on her tan…so after I finished my book I hit up Zumba on the beach!
We came in around 6 to get ready for our dinner reservations….
On our way to dinner….
We had Mexican….and it was DELICIOUS!!!
Of course we made friends with our sweet little waiter. He practiced his English with us while we practiced our espanol…
Such a fun night!!
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Our 6th morning was also our final full day. Boo!
I took this lame-o self portrait in the gym to show how long my hair is now!! It’s growing like CRAZY!! Thank you, OMEGAPLEX!!!
After our workout & breakfast, we
Lunch….yum!!
For our last night of dinner, we decided to head back to Italian because it was our fave!!
We were so sad the trip was coming to an end because this meant back to reality and back to work! (Laura & I teach together….that’s how we met years ago…and Jon & Brian grew up together. We actually introduced them a few years back.) We both love teaching, but the end of summer is always bittersweet.
Our flight was delayed about and hour…
..So we made friends with a family in the airport who we’d seen all week around the resort. It was so obvious that her kids absolutely ADORED her, and it was just so precious!! I also noticed that she had a SMOKIN’ body, so after 3 kids, I asked her how she pulls that off. She told me she trains 3-4 times a week at home either in the mornings or at night (while kids are asleep). She does videos & lifts weights in the basement gym, HIIT & weights….and eats clean as often as possible. She was almost 40 and looked AWESOME!! It’s inspirational to see women like that because it reminds me it CAN be done….
Our flight home was another charter flight with a movie, meal, etc. Typically I’m really good about packing snacks so we don’t have to spend money on airport food, but we ate them all on the way down and while we were there. (MONEY SAVING TIP: I typically bring almonds & walnuts, apples, & peanut butter energy bites. Since you can’t bring liquids, including water, I also bring an empty water bottle and fill it up so I don’t have to pay for the outrageous $8 waters!) Unfortunately we weren’t anticipating the delay, so I ate the meal on the plane. It was a t.v. dinner type microwavable meal, and my body swelled up BIG TIME from all that sodium! It made my belly feel kinda yucky too. It’s amazing how your body starts to reject certain things after a while…
We really had SUCH a great time, and if you’re looking to travel, I DEFINITELY recommend the Dominican Republic!! It was absolutely GORGEOUS and was cheaper than the Caribbean. I also recommend traveling somewhere all-inclusive, because we spent around the same amount of money we would spend on a weeklong trip to Florida after considering gas, groceries, eating out, hotel, etc. We will definitely be heading back there…
2 comments:
did you stay at melia caribe??
That pool looks amazing, I wish I was there right now.
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