ARUBA

For Christmas this year, Rob's parents so kindly gave us their timeshare as a gift. Without hesitation, we decided to go back to the Happy Island of Aruba and to the same resort as our honeymoon! The time of our trip also fell two weeks before our 2 year anniversary, so it was perfect! Our Aruba trip #2 was absolutely amazing and blew our honeymoon out of the water. We had an amazing time and really took advantage of what the island had to offer. Find our schedule of what we did and photos below.

Thursday, July 29th

We departed from BWI at 6AM and landed in Atlanta without any problems. After a short delay in Atlanta and changing gates three times, we landed in Aruba. By the time we got to La Cabana, it was close to dinner time and after a long plane ride, we took it real easy our first night. We walked around the resort (reflecting on what was the same/different from our honeymoon), enjoyed some drinks at Happy Hour and ate dinner at the Islander Grill.

Friday, July 30th

We woke up early and headed to the gym for an early morning work-out. Rob disappeared after running on the treadmill for 15 minutes. Turns out, he almost passed out in the bathroom, I guess he was out of shape! We went to the beach, enjoyed lunch at the Islander Grill, went to Iguana Cantina (Mexican) for dinner and enjoyed late night stops at Senor Frogs and Ben & Jerry's.

Saturday, July 31st

Rob and I enjoyed a beautiful boat ride/snorkeling adventure. Rob and I were both pretty excited about this trip and I thought it would be a piece of cake! Snorkeling proved to be much harder than I expected. I am not sure if it was the depth or the fact I had a mask on, but I definitely had a small panic attack in the water. I ended up hanging on a rope near the boat for dear life and encouraged Rob to stay out in the water and have fun. Later that evening, we enjoyed dinner at Tomatoes and Charlies and Rob had no idea that a "large beer" meant 1liter.

Sunday, August 1st
Sunday = Lazy Day

Beach alll day and then we enjoyed a beautiful dinner on the beach at sunset. I even got Rob to slow dance with me on the beach near our musical entertainer.

Monday, August 2nd
After spending too much time in the sun and getting burnt, we spent the morning traveling downtown and visiting shops. We enjoyed lunch at Iguana Joe's and taking photos around the harbor. For dinner, we kept it casual and ordered pizza and ate it on the beach while we watched the sun set. Later that night, Rob was an amazing husband and let me watch the Bachelorette Finale (go Roberto!) and we ate ice cream in bed.

Tuesday, August 3rd
Rob and I enjoyed a jeep safari tour of the island which was AMAZING! We saw sights such as: California Lighthouse, Ostrich Farm, Natural Bridge and snorkeling at Baby Beach. After a great day, we enjoyed dinner and a (fake birthday surprise for Rob) at Gianni's and an impromptu tour of the Raddison.

Wednesday, August 4th

On our last full day in Aruba, we spent the day at the beach and enjoyed lunch at the Islander Grill. For our last night on the island we did the PARTY BUS, which was so much fun. We met so many new friends and had the time of our lives!

Thursday, August 5th

We had to say good-bye to Aruba :-(

Rob and I spent the majority day traveling back home. We experienced many, many flight delays and didn't arrive back home until after 3AM. What an amazing trip!

Funny Rob and Kristin Inside Jokes...

1. TEARSEA!!!

2. We got locked out of our room.

3. The band at happy hour LOVED me.

4. Some man randomly walked into our room.

5. The rude woman in the black bathing suit on the beach.

6. The day they turned off the water.... alternatives for showers!

7. Sneaking into the pool with my clothes on at night.

8. Douche = soup in Aruba

9. "Do you have any muscle T-shirts"- wacko woman

10. "Ooo, Rob, you're face is breaking out a bit." (Kristin)

"Um, have you taken a good look at yours lately?" (Rob) hahaha- I looked like a teenager all over again during one part of the trip! My skin had a reaction to my spray on sun screen and resulted in my face breaking out very badly. Thank god Rob and I have a very open relationship and can call each other out on things...