05-13-2008
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lost on fifth
Join Date: Jul 2005
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We're off to the Grand for the first time in October so am also eagerly awaiting the continuation of this TR!
We have previously stayed 3 times at the Del Mar, once at the Lindo and got married at the Maya in 2006 but the Grand really does look to be something else! |
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añejo
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Jersey
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05-13-2008
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life=playa
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Colorado
Posts: 773
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Thank-you everyone that has posted comments. I really enjoy writing these trip reports and I'm glad someone enjoys reading them. My husband can't believe people write such long reports.
And Lori, the family vaca is at the end of July. May 2, Day 3 – Last night we filled out the “deliver breakfast to us tomorrow morning” card. We woke up about two minutes before they knocked on our door. It was a feast! American eggs – fried with cheese on top (the cheese here doesn’t melt, it’s kind of weird) with sauce, bacon, waffles (they brought two plates of waffles), an omelet for Zung, two plates of fresh fruit, orange juice, mango juice (this will become important later), pastries/breads, coffee and tea.  We stuffed ourselves, greased up, went to the concierge to make dinner ressies for the next three nights and headed out to heaven, errr, I mean the beach.  Today we parked ourselves on the north side of Biulding #70. The chairs on this side are fancier, padded and wicker with pillows. Don’t ask me why they have nicer chairs in this quarter of the beach, but they do. But, truth be told, they are really not that much better than the regular beach loungers that are kind of a mesh material and sooooo much better than the tortureloungers that are everywhere else. They may be different colors, but they are made to torture and that’s it. Even the Royal Hideaway has these beach loungers. We seriously looked at the Valetin Riviera Maya for this trip because it was sooo much cheaper. But two big factors that brought us back to the Grand were the Valentin has no Havana rum  (or it’s limited, so I hear) and they have the tortureloungers.So, we found comfy chairs, and parked our butts for the day. We enjoyed the always beautiful scenery. It’s the same every day and it amazes me every day with how gorgeous it is. I love the sound too. I saw some people with ipods plugged in their ears and I wanted to pull them out and say, “But, you’re missing half the experience!” That kind of behavior is generally frowned upon, so I restrained myself. Zung went for a run today. If I could figure out how to run without spilling my drink, I might join him. That’s a lie. I haven’t run in 30 years. And one of my “Don’ts on vacation is exercising. He enjoys running on the beach though and bought these fancy beach running shoes.  Our beach waiter came by and I asked for a mango colada. Last year I was told “No mango!” Which made me sad, because I love mango coladas. But see, I had that mango juice this morning, so I could think of no good reason they couldn’t make a mango colada. He asked if I had gotten it on the beach or at the pool bar and I said neither, but I’d had mango juice for breakfast. He went to ask and came back and told me they would make it with a fresh mango, “That will be better than using juice.” Works for me. It was yummy. When we got hungry, we went for lunch. Our waiter asked if we wanted fajitas or quesadillas. These are not on the menu, but they will make them for you. Zung ordered shrimp fajitas and loooved them. I had originally declined because they had a leg of lamb at the buffet and I’d gotten a piece, and the piece she gave me was HUGE! It was also terrible, dry and tough. So I asked our wonderful waiter for some chicken and cheese quesadillas. They were very good. I wish I could remember this waiters name, because he was so friendly. After Zung cleaned his plate our waiter said, “You liked them, yes? Now you know.” We went back to the beach for more reading and relaxing and drinking. If they ever make drinking on the beach an Olympic event, I’m in.  After awhile I suggested we get my pool float and head to the tranquility pool.  We did that for about an hour and then we went back to our room to get ready for dinner. When we left our room I put the “Please Make Up Room” sign on the door, because we hadn’t gotten Turn-Down service the first two nights and I hoped this would ensure we got it tonight. Tonight we ate at Toni’s Surf and Turf.  We had a nice Cabernet with dinner.  We were seated on the lower level, by the window, which gave us great ocean views. Our waiter was Domingo. We both got the surf and turf. I ordered my turf medium rare, but it ended up being pretty rare. We both got the tomato salad, which was just sliced tomatoes with a couple slices of onion on top. One plate had this luscious, juicy, red tomato, the other had this pathetic, half green, dry tomato. We got quite a chuckle out of that, and just shared the good one. I wasn’t too hungry tonight, so the food may have been better than I remember. For dessert I ordered the famous (for it’s name) “Bacon From Heaven.” It’s actually a heavy flan. Zung got the Apple custard, and we actually took pictures!   We went to the Lobby Bar tonight and Zung had his first Mojito of the trip.  I had a Mexicano shooter and I tried a Blue Hawaii.   It was pretty, but not that exciting taste-wise. Not bad, just not wonderful. And maybe it wasn't even tonight that I drank it. It's hard keeping all these drinks straight you know.  When we returned to our room we found that not only had we received Turn-Down service, but there was a chilled bottle of champagne in honor of our anniversary. We were pretty toasted by this point, so decided to save it for tomorrow.  We were enjoying our trip immensely. Doing a whole lot of nothing is exactly what we needed. And tomorrow would be another busy day of it. I didn’t know yet, but I was to meet the man of my dreams.
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