It was about a 7 hr flight plus we lost 3 hr in the time change. The DR airport was a breeze getting into and we found our bus in no time. Our supposedly 20 min bus ride turned into a 2hr bus ride.. needless to say by the time we made it to our Beautiful resort we were exhausted! Our check in was awesome we were greeted with champagne and a cold towel and then were escorted to the excellence club and taken to our room. I felt like a celebrity! Once we were all settled in our beautiful room we got all dressed up and went to dinner at the grill. We sat up in a balcony over looking the pool it was beautiful. After dinner we walked over to the lobby and watched a local band play and had some drinks. We decided to get some sleep so we'd be ready for the beach in the morning so we headed back to our room and called it a night.
We woke up fairly early the next day (Matt wasn't feeling so well so it was a struggle to get him out of bed some morning..poor Matt!) We went for some breakfast and then headed to the beach! Oh how I have missed the sand in between my toes, and the sound and breeze from the ocean! We were in paradise!! We soaked up the sun while laying on a big beach bed surrounded with pillows on our private beach and were served our drinks 24'7!! It was heaven!! We had some lunch on the beach and then headed to the pool to cool off. We headed back to the room after a couple of hours at the pool to shower and get ready for dinner. We went to the Lobster House for dinner. Matt and I had our first taste of Lobster and some Mahi Mahi and we actually really liked it! After dinner we went out exploring the resort..and coincidentally we ended up at the sports bar ( I think Matt knew exactly where we were going) we watched some college football, made some new friends, enjoyed some drinks. and we played a round of Foosball. After Foosball we went for a romantic lighted walk back to our room and headed to bed.
We spent most of Sunday laying by the pool, drinking, swimming, readying and just enjoying our alone time together in paradise. We booked a couples massage at Miile Spa a world renowned spa, we went at 5:30 and got to use their hydro therapy tubs. Then we used the steam room, ice room, sauna, and many more special ties it was AMAZING. After that we enjoyed an 80 min couples massage. It was the best massage I have ever had and I got to enjoy it with my sweet heart :) After the spa we went back to the room and decided to just relax and stay in and order room service. We ate dinner in bed and snuggled and watched some tv.
We had breakfast in bed the honeymoon special Monday morning and then we got ready and headed to the beach. We played in the ocean and enjoyed each other company lounging on the beach. After beaching it we decided to check our the resorts shopping. This was fun for Matt buut not so much for me. I HATE bartering! lol I am so bad at it Matt finds it amusing and actually enjoys it but it just makes me very uncomfortable and I have a really hard time saying no soo it was interesting to say the least but it was fun to check out the local shops. After shopping we headed back to our room to get ready for dinner. We went to the Italian restaurant for dinner and enjoyed some yummy pizza. After Dinner we hung out at the martini bar and then headed back to our room for bed.
Tuesday morning we went horseback riding on the beach and met and awesome couple Kayla and Jason. We became instant friends! Horse back riding was lots of fun! We changed after horseback riding and met up with Kayla and Jason. We hung out by the pool and had some drinks and got to know each other. After our busy day in the sun we decided to take a nap under one of the cabana's. After our nap we went back to the room and got ready for dinner. After dinner we checked out the local market that came to our resort and bought a couple of nic nacs. After shopping we decided to hit up some mini golf. I obviously lost but we had lots of fun playing. After our exciting game of mini golf we decided to check out the disco! We had a BLAST Matt even danced!! (shocking I know) After the disco we headed back to our room for bed.
Wednesday we woke up and went down to the beach to play in the waves and catch some sun. We met up with Kayla and Jason at the pool and somehow they talked me into playing water volleyball..Which actually turned into being allot of fun! We met many more fun people and made lots of new friends! After volley ball we headed back to our rooms to get ready for dinner. We went to the spice for dinner and then mt up with Kayla and Jason for the show. It was a Michael Jackson show and it was awesome!! After the show we headed to the disco! We met up with all of our new friends and danced the night away!
Thursday we went down to the beach to catch some sun and play in the ocean! Matt went to play some beach volleyball but I decided to just soak up some sun on our last full day in paradise. After the game we went to check out the cascading pool with kayla and Jason, we had some drinks and enjoyed the pool for a couple of hours. After the pool we went back to our room to get ready for dinner. We went to the French restaurant for dinner and then went to the circus show after. It was insane! They were so great!! After the circus we all met up and headed to the Disco again! IT was bitter sweet I was so sad that it was our last night in Paradise! But that didn't stop me from dancing the night away with all my new friends!
The next morning we met up with everyone for breakfast and exchanged emails and said our goodbyes..:(
We had so much fun in Paradise and met such AMAZING friends we can hardly wait to plan our next vacation with our new friends!!
After we said our good byes we headed back to our room to pack up our stuff and check out. Once we did that we sat and waited 2hr and our bus still wasn't there.. we were starting to get worried so we looked into it annnd apparently our plane had been delayed 4 hr sooo lets just say getting out of the DR was a gong show and by the time we got home we had been up for 24 hrs.. But it was so worth it!!
Matt and I had such an amazing romantic fun time! I love him so much and can hardly wait for our next adventure together!! xxoo
