riviera maya: the resort

This is the post where I whine and complain about how I want to live on vacation all year round, have people deliver free alcoholic beverages to my pool chair, and never have to worry about what’s for dinner because someone’s already made it for you. That’d be the life, wouldn’t it?

view from our room

About a week and a half ago, the Husband and I packed up our bags, said goodbye (::tear::) to our pup, and headed back to one of our favorite places — Riviera Maya, Mexico. The last time we were there was our honeymoon, and we loved the resort we stayed at so much that we decided to go back there a second time!

The resort was the Secrets Capri, and I’ve already written a lot about it from my honeymoon posts that you can find on the travel page.

the husband and I need a king sized bed at home to maintain a good marriage.

We were pleasantly surprised on the first day that our favorite employee still worked there at the buffet restaurant! Two years ago he went out of his way to make sure I had everything I needed (and even went and bought soy milk for me at the market after work so I could drink coffee), so we were so excited to see Mario again. We also talked about how we really liked going to the same place again because we already knew where everything was and what to expect. It was nice to not spend four days trying to figure out the resort only to leave in the next few days.

What made this vacation even more special was the fact that the Husband’s brother and sister in law were joining us.

Kevin and Dani live in Baltimore, so we don’t see them too often — and Dani is sporting a baby bump, so I was more than excited to get a good glimpse of my new niece who is expected to arrive mid-November.

To be perfectly honest with you, I barely took any pictures. I think I uploaded 50 of them? I just couldn’t bring myself to take pictures of the same things I took pictures of two years previously, so I ended up with very few.The weather was absolutely beautiful while we were there, so every day was more or less the same while we were there — wake up at a leisurely time, eat breakfast, lay by the pool, eat lunch, lay by the pool, take a nap, take a shower/get ready, go get dinner, watch a show, go to bed.

And I loved every single second of it. Some of those days included a workout (yes, I’m one of those people…), one of those days included an amazing snorkeling excursion (I’ll tell you more about that later) — but overall, it was a glorious week of relaxing and catching up with my husband and family.

the only picture I have of the Husband and me on vacation

The entire time we were there, there were weather reports of a possible hurricane stopping by to visit on our second to last day. Unfortunately, Ernesto did make an appearance, but it wasn’t too bad.

On our second to last day there, we woke up to cloudy skies, a lot of wind, and some short spurts of rain. That lasted until (of course) the second we left. By the time we were boarding the plane, it was nothing but sunshine. It made for a boring last few days, I’m not going to lie. If I can’t lay in the sun, my thinking is that I should be doing something productive with my life. I was also nervous we would get delayed going home, but that wasn’t the case at all.

I’m planning on doing another post about the excursion we did as well as the books that I read while we were there. Thanks to the Husband for agreeing on going on vacation this year! I had such a good time!

Tagged as: mexico, relaxation, riviera maya, secrets capri, travel