Punta Cana = My Happy Place

So.... the DR is absolutely amazing as is our hotel - WOO! Don't you love that feeling when you were kinda worried about booking a place you'd never been to but just knew you'd love it only to find out that you were RIGHT. yesssss. Now i'm drinking a coca cola light waiting for Austin to wake up!! :) Glad to see we had free wi-fi. Did I ever tell you guys we have NO PICTURES from our honeymoon??? Hadn't backed up and lost EVERYTHING (i.e. 2 years of our lives in film - SAD!). So... let the documenting begin!! (REAL quick - I want to get to the gym/pool/massage/windsailing/etc.)

view of main building from our balcony

View of other part of hotel (it's shaped like a horseshoe) - that's the party boat)

ahhhhh the weather has been BEAUTIFUL

LOVE that the tub even has pretty views! (has electronic shades!)

Me and Austin - tired but powering through at dinner!

LOVE all of the amazing cabanas, chairs, pool area/etc. - they really did a nice job with this place!

My purple piggies love it here!

As does Austin!

Yes, I took TONS more photos and video but it's only day 1, right?!

• Yesterday we got up at 5:30 a.m. Had a turkey/swiss sammy, finished packing, showered, took Reuben to the doggy hotel and picked up some SF Redbull. Yes, I was bringing 8 cans with me!
• Got to the airport RIGHT on time... but without time to eat b-fast, get food, etc. So I shared M&Ms with Austin, got "tostitos and salsa" for $3 on the plane and arrived starving in Punta cana around 2 p.m. EEK!
• Got on our transfer only to find it would be an HOUR to our hotel. She was kidding... funny lady. So we got to our place within 20 minutes, were greeted with champagne, met our butler Albert who immediately made our dinner reservations for the week and took our breakfast orders for room service, I shot some b-roll (hehe) and we were taken to our room. LOVE IT.
• Found that 1 of the red bull cans had exploded. oopsie daisy! my PJ's and gym clothes took the brunt fo sho! But on the bright side 7 made it to the DR so that makes me happy, and my clothes dried! hehe
• Hit up the buffet (had grilled fish, grilled chicken, greens, tomatoes and a little bit of rice), had a glass of wine, hit the beach and then took residence by the pool/on swim up barstools with Lely, this sweet bartender who gave me vodka sodas with 3 limes and Austin mojitos!
• Time for dinner! Had reservations at the Japanese place - enter 1/2 cup miso soup with tofu, 3 baby spring rolls (SO cute - like pinky size!), white rice, 6 shrimpies and a bit of lobster. And more wine. Naturally.
• After dinner we chatted with a sweet couple from California at the piano bar, played pool with a sweet couple from Germany, and went dancing on this boat (it's like permanently docked in the center of the hotel as a discoteca or whatevs) with this other couple from California - they were honeymooning - SO cute!
• Then back to the hotel for a bit of margarita pizza - yum! (we split a small!)

Lovely day - can't wait for another!

So do you work out on vacay? I'm going to do it - I hear the view from the treadmill is fabulous and there's a dance class I want to take at 11:30!!

Do you blog on vacay? I'm going to if the time presents itself, but i'm NOT going to track calories and I may get a bit behind on blog reading (sorry in advance! :( ) but will play catch up on the flight home if I don't get to it!