Honeymoooooooon

First, let me say that I felt a lot of pressure for our honeymoon to be perfect. This means that a) I overthink EVERYTHING and b) that I felt like we were expected to have this Crazy Romantic and Relaxing Married People Vacation. Overblown expectations are my kryptonite and generally result in some sort of meltdown after too many cocktails. 

But by day four, I finally relaxed. I finally started to just go with the flow. I drank one bazillion mango margaritas and had nachos delivered poolside. Basically, our honeymoon became my dream life. 

We spent 8 days/7 nights at Excellence Playa Mujeres, which we both really liked. I will say that I found it to be too big of a resort to really be “romantic” (sorry EPM, swan shaped towels and rose petals do not equal romance), but it was fun. And it was easy and relaxing and the Mexican food was really good and I drank all the tropical drinks, including some Midnight Flight to Malibu business that was pretty perfect while sitting on a stool at a swim-up bar in Mexico. And at one point we discovered the Asian restaurant served sushi and ate an embarrassing amount of nigiri. Did I mention the resort was all-inclusive? 

Initially, we started our days by the beach and then moved to the pool once we got too hot (the shady chairs/beds are pretty much claimed by 6 am and I don’t care enough about anything to get up by 6 am on vacation). And then we discovered the quiet pool right outside our building with steady drink service and the greatest concierge of all time and never left. Other than one catamaran trip to Isla Mujeres for snorkeling and sightseeing, we spent all of our time at the resort and our big splurges came in the form of spa treatments. Worth every penny. 

And now, some pics:

(sunburn… whoops)