Summer Recap Continued

Kris and I were able to take an amazing vacation to Playa del Carman, Mexico at the end of the summer to celebrate our 10th anniversary. We had so much fun, despite the HUGE hiccup at the beginning...

We left St. Louis at 6:00 on a Saturday morning...most of you know that I am not a morning person, but it's a whole different story when you are heading to Mexico alone with your husband! We had great flights and landed in sunny, hot Mexico at about noon. We hopped on a mini-van to head to our all-inclusive 5-Star Resort, giddy with anticipation! Upon entering our resort we did notice that it appeared they were not done with all of the landscaping...lots of trucks still around and work to be done. Oh well...the front of the resort was beautiful! We got out of the van and were greeted by many doormen saying, "Welcome Home"...how sweet, I thought!

We were greeted with cool, wet towels to give us relief from the heat and glasses of champagne to celebrate. I was feeling like royalty! We sat down to check in and the man behind the desk said, "I have good news and bad news, which would you like first?" Hmmm, I would prefer only good news! Kris chose the bad news first. The hotel was not completed and their water and air-conditioning were not working! Are you kidding me??? Is Ashton Kutcher going to jump out any minute and tell us we were being Punk'd?! Are we on an episode of Seinfeld?! No, none of the above...not kidding, no joke, no t.v. show. The good news please?! They were sending us to one of their sister resorts free of charge (no kidding!).

At this point, I decided to walk around and enjoy the un-finished resort, while they offered to make me another drink. Kris stayed to talk with the guy and make sure proper arrangements were being made. He was not happy with the sister resort and asked that we be sent to another 5-star resort. A few minutes later, that request was granted and off we were to our 2nd resort of the day :)

We ended up at the Royal Hideaway Playacar (http://www.royalhideaway.com/). It was gorgeous and again we were greeted with cool towels and champagne. We enjoyed 5 days and 4 nights there and had the most fun we've had in a long time...

The best part of this story is that since our first resort was not ready they have given us a free stay to use within a year from our last trip! We are trying to figure out when to go...anyone want to watch three chickens?!