Knock Knock... We're here!

Brienne:  What should we say?
Adam:  I have no clue.  This was your idea.

And that is how this blog will begin. 

Welcome to our inaugural post at this fine blogspot!  We are writing this first post from the balcony of our honeymoon suite in Playa Mujeres, Mexico.  We are staying at the Excellence Resort.  They have eight different restaurants and nine "different" bars.

We flew in to the Cancun airport on Monday.  After five months of keeping the details of this trip a secret from my future wife, my father let the cat out of the bag as he dropped us off at the airport ("Oh...  you're going to Mexico...").  I was excited, but felt bad for Adam since he tried so hard to keep it quiet for so long. 

Once we finally got through the airport and got to the resort, we still had to wait an hour or so to check in.  We had our first meal here at a place called "The Lobster House."  It was good, but not as good as seeing the suite Adam had picked out.

I wanted to get the room at the resort with two levels.  The bedroom, bathroom, walk-in closet, living room, and balcony are on the first floor, but then we also have a rooftop terrace with our own pool, three beds, and a shower.   

Dinner on the first night was at "Agave."  Awesome mexican food... incredibly uncomfortable chairs.  Brienne had two coconut margeritas.  I ate something called a Tampiquena.  Delicious beef with corn and poblano peppers.  Excellente!

On Tuesday, we had breakfast at "Toscana," a buffet-style restaurant with natural juices and lots of variety, making it hard to choose.  Thankfully, it seems to be open every morning, so we'll (she'll) be able to try everything there at least once.

After breakfast, we went to the spa.  We booked a couple's massage with a hydro-therapy session. 

The hydro-therapy was... different.  I'm not sure relaxing is the best word to describe it.  It started with an ice shower.  We each got in a shower and pulled a rope, releasing a bucket of ice cold water over each of our heads.  Then they stuck us in a steam room for a while to open our pores.  The steam was menthol scented, which made me feel like I was in the Hall's cough drop factory.  This whole hydro-therapy session seemed like a physical challenge on Double Dare.  After they raised our body temperatures, they made us walk through and submerge ourseves in cold (20 degree celsius) water.  This was followed by a series of water jets and showers that looked something like torture devices.  Finally, we were off to our couple's massage, which was much more relaxing.  It ended with chocolate covered strawberries and champagne. 

For dinner on Tuesday, we decided to go to "Barcelona," a Mediterranian-style restaurant.  Brienne's main course was lamb chops, while I had the paella.  Her little lamb was delicious, while my dish was... eh. 

While we were eating, some visitors stopped by our table.  The resort (maybe all of the country for all we know) were celebrating the "Day of the Dead."

Brienne also had an amazing dessert made with chocolate mousse, while I had a crema catalana (called creme brulee every place else in the world).  Hers was photoworthy and mine...  was gone before we could take a picture.

So that's it for days one and two of the honeymoon (two and three of marriage)!  On Wednesday, we are headed to Isla Mujeres for snorkeling and sight seeing.  More to come from Mexico!