Off Cruising Days 7 & 8 - Sea Days

The last two days on the ship were a long travel back to Florida, so they were both sea days.

Our last towel animal - a bat.

Saturday was a day of packing everything up, sadly!

It was a really, really fun week, we all had a blast on the ship! We were sad to leave the Freedom for the last time. HOWEVER, our vacation didn't end here! We still had a house waiting for us in Boca Raton, Florida for a week!

One last sunset on the balcony.

Sunday morning, we docked in Florida, and we walked off the ship one last time. And then we were off to Boca for a week! Sadly we didn't have very good weather, it rained all week, but that didn't stop us from shopping. All we basically did was shop. And eat. I caught up on my TV shows while it rained so that worked out. Yep!

A week of lots of shopping, eating, and rain later, we were off on a plane back to New York.

When we landed in Plattsburgh, we did some shopping there. Mostly for groceries because grocery shopping in the States is just awesome.

Montreal skyline from the bridge.

That's all the pictures from my trip! I have Canada Day pictures to come and some other pictures from a few months ago that I haven't posted, so those will be blogged about shortly. :)

California Comes to an End

Unfortunately all good things must come to and end, right? Well, last Sunday, our trip to California came to an end.

It was another long day. 3:30 AM wake up, some last minute packing, and it was off to LAX for the last time.

We got to the airport at about 5, checked our luggage, went through security, had a quick bite to eat, and we boarded at 7:45.

Our flight left at 8:30 Pacific time, and it was about a 5 hour flight. It was a good flight, though. Not overly bumpy!

We finally landed in Montreal at 4:30 Eastern time. We got our luggage, went through customs, and home we went! Going home is bittersweet after a long trip. It's nice to be in your own room, but you wish you were back in the US shopping and doing touristy things!

See the Montreal skyline waaay in the back near the wing? Coolest thing ever!

So after a week full of fun, this trip was honestly one of the best trips I ever went on. The memories will stay with me forever, especially the ones at Disneyworld, Warped Tour and SeaWorld! I'm sad it had to come to an end, but I don't think this will be the last I see of California. :)

Mount Royal: January 2011

On Sunday, Sara, Wendy, my dad and I were off to Mount Royal for the afternoon. Unfortunately with the amount of rain we got (go figure!) and it getting colder the next day, everything froze over which made it hard to go up the mountain because it was a sheet of ice. So we went as far as the first lookout, and came back down. Despite the visit being short (and a bit chilly), we still had fun! After Mount Royal we took Sara on a tour downtown and through Outremont, a borough of Montreal.

I like this a lot.

Sara with the beautiful city in the background!

Once again, I was the 'squirrel whisperer' and they came close to me again! I don't know why squirrels love me so much, I didn't even have food for them! Go figure!

Nomnomnom!

This leaves me with two more things to post: when we got poutine, and the photoshoot I did with Sara on Tuesday. Then I'll post the how-to for the Snickerdoodles!

The Biodome / New Year's Eve

Sara and I went to the Biodome on New Year's Eve, it was a lot of fun!

We saw a ton of animals...

This makes me laugh. A lot. :D

I think the otters were my favorite.

Penguins! How cute are they?!

We saw all different kinds, and of course we saw puffins as well. :)

And fuzzy babies!!! ♥ I wanted to sneak them into my camera bag.

New Year's Eve dinner! :)

Sara and I shared a crème brûlée, they're quite good.

After dinner we went to the Old Port to see fireworks at midnight!

After three hours of waiting in the rain, we were cold and wet but it was definitely a New Year's Eve to remember. :)

Fireworks time! It was rainy, smokey and foggy so it was hard to get pictures, but I got a few good ones!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! ♥