During each trip Jenn and I try our best to capture both our days and the places we stay. A few years ago we decided to do room tours of all the places we stay for two reasons. First because it was a great reminder of what the hotels were like. And secondly and more importantly it lets us look back and see if we want to go back. So on our recent Europe Trip we took videos of the three hotels we stayed at during our stay. 

The last stop of any cruise is always met with both a lot of excitement and a lot of dread. I know when both Jenn and I woke up this morning I could see that little piece of sadness start to creep into both of us as we know this is the final stop on the cruise before boarding a plane back to LAX.

Lets not start that sob fest yet though because we still did have our last stop of the cruise today Split, Croatia. We woke up this morning at around 9AM something I know we both would love to keep doing when we get home. Instead of getting room service which we are both a bit burned out on we got Starbucks this morning which hit the spot. We met up with my family at 10:30AM and went down to board the tender to take us to Split, Croatia.

I remember when we booked this cruise over a year ago my only trepidation with the itinerary was the lack of at sea days. I knew looking at the itinerary that after five straight days of stops, today was going to be a much needed day of rest. And that's exactly what it turned out to be.

Jenn took full advantage of our second and final at sea day. We both woke up at around 9:30AM and Jenn made her way down to the Spa with Amy to both get facials at 10:30AM. Judging solely on how relaxed she looked when we met up at around noon I can say that she absolutely loved the spa. I on the other hand laid around in the room and walked around the ship with Jake until noon where the whole family met up to have lunch in the dining room. It was a nice light lunch Jenn had soup and a burger and I had the salad bar with enchiladas.

After what was an amazing day in Santorini, I know we were all excited for what was to come today in Mykonos, Greece. However unlike yesterday today we did not have an excursion which meant we didn't have to wake up at six in the morning and be down at the Palladium Theater. So instead we all had a much more leisurely morning. Jenn and I ordered room service our normal of cereal, (Special K and Frosted Flakes) a fruit plate, an order of pastries, and coffee.

You know a trip is going well when you have no idea what day it is, what time it is, or what's coming up next. That was the case waking up this morning, it was just that pure sense of vacation, without a care in the world. We did have to wake up a bit earlier today at around 8AM to get down to the Palladium Theater at 8:45AM for our excursion in Bodrum, Turkey. Going into Bodrum I really didn't have any expectations and I think that goes for everyone else in the family as well. It doesn't appear to be all that popular of a cruise port for any other cruise line outside of Royal Caribbean, but after today I think that is a shame.

Another day, another port. Today marks our first of two stops in Turkey, this one in Kusadassi (Ephesus) Turkey and then tomorrow off to Bodrom Turkey. Our original plan today was to go to the amazing Aqua Park which is a couple of miles from the port but that excursion going cancelled due to lack of participants. We figured going into it that the chances of us being able to go were slim but getting the notice was still a bummer. We decided instead since we were in Kusadassi in 2008 to not go back to Ephesus which we did an eight hour tour on already, but instead stay and explore Kusadassi. My parents on the other hand booked a half-day tour that took them to many of the great sights in Ephesus. They seemed to enjoy it but once again seemed as though the weather deterred them.