Taughannock Falls

The weather was sooo nice today. After my meeting, Sally, Steve, Mui, Hannah and I went to Taughannock Falls to hike! First time hiking in Ithaca and it's actually pretty nice. The trail was more like a nature walk and less of a hike, and we went to this giant waterfall that's 3/4 miles from where we started. And since that was such an easy hike, we decided to go on another trail that's mostly stairs. Got us working a bit, but still not too difficult and it led us to the top of the waterfall. Afterwards, we went to the children garden and played lacrosse there. My second time playing and it's pretty fun! Still have trouble catching though, but I shall practice.. I hope the weather stays this nice so we can go on more hikes!

Taking one of our many breaks on the way to the waterfall.

The waterfall at last!

Children....

Spring Break 2014 to The Bahamas!

Spring Break 2014! Sally, Steve, Mui, Matt, Stephen, Patty, Jason and I booked a cruise aboard the Explorer of the Seas with Royal Caribbean. We went to Nassau, Bahamas and Coco Cay (in Haiti apparently?) But it was sooo much fun! Started on Saturday from Port of Bayonne in Jersey and we spent a day at sea traveling to Port Canaveral in Florida first. The weather was still kinda meh, cloudy and not that warm, but the next day we arrived at the Bahamas! It was beautiful! Sunny everywhere and the beach was so nice. We went to Love Beach and swam in the clear blue waters. Walked around downtown Nassau for a while and ate the local Conch salad it was sooo yummy! The next day we were at Coco Cay and the weather was even nicer. We went parasailing, my first time, and it was so much fun! After that we just chilled on the beach for the rest of the day and collected seashells by the water. Then we had two days at sea traveling back up the east coast towards Jersey. Did a lot of activities on the ship, like going to shows, playing sports, and drinking. A lot of drinking. We got the unlimited drink package and we definitely brokeeven. The cocktails were so good and we kept getting them. And the food was so good. Our waiters Ronald and Rebello were awesome! We always ordered multiple appetizers and entrees and they always give us a few extra dishes. In the end we made them a card that says "Thank you for all the Yummy Yummies and enlarging our Tummy Tummies!" And when we got back home we all added Ronald on Facebook haha. Too lazy to expand on each day, but I wrote about them on my 365!

Now back to Ithaca in the cold weather. I miss the sun already. 

The 5th floor promenade with a cafe that's open 24/7! Aka unlimited pizza!

The cruise has 14 floors I believe... huge.

Windjammer! It's the buffet-style dining area, but we always went to the seated dining room with better food.

The room, before they separated the beds and pulled down the top bunk.

Explorer of the Seas!

Cloud Nine bar I believe. Such a nice view of the entire ship and the ocean!

1st Formal Night.

Ice show with Beach Boys songs and dance. So relevant to rock music!

Fancy fancy.

Cocoa Beach at Port Canaveral. Quite the gray skies.

About the leave Florida for the Bahamas!

Florida sunsets so much nicer than Ithaca sunsets.

Night view of the top deck of the ship, with bars and pools.

Love Beach at the Bahamas!

The whole gang!

Flippy flip.

Againnnn.

The entire gang again!

On our 1-mile trek to the row of local food stores.

So this is what Bahamian kids do...

Such delicious daiquiris.

The ship is actually giganormous.

Coco Cay super sunny day!

The market where I got some souvenirs from.

Aaaaah.

Pre-parasailing.

On the boat to parasail.

As the ship gains speed..

And off we go!

Reminds me of Up.

Tanning my legs at Coco Cay. Forgot to put on sunblock and my calves got burned..

305 Eddy!

2nd Formal Night with the best waiters Ronald and Rebello!

:)