Labor Day in Playa!

OK, so I am a bit behind on my blogging. Spent Labor Day weekend in Playa del Carmen, Mexico... and came back with a few new baubles. I was so proud of my new wooden chandelier earrings until Roberto put a diamond ring on my finger our last night!!! That kind of blew my "find" out of the water. I staged the sparkler on the palm frond grasshopper our waiter made for me at breakfast one morning (another one of my prized trinkets from the trip, you can't get one of those in Greensboro!)

So... Playa. It is a beautiful little resort city, but if you're looking for rustic charm, you won't find it here. If you want fine restaurants (even one located inside an ancient cave), upscale boutiques, vendors trying to entice you to buy their wares all along the main streets, mega resorts, and expansive aquamarine water stretching all the way to Cozumel (where we rented a bright blue convertible VW Bug and cruised around the island), that's what you'll get in Playa del Carmen. I really enjoyed it though... we stayed at a small, intimate hotel, I swam with a dolphin and a wild sea turtle, and we caught four-foot long barracudas on our fishing trip. AND the flight is less than 3 hours long, direct from Charlotte. That's my kind of travel time.
It was a nice little getaway. We promised the hotel staff we'd be back, so I guess we'll just have to keep that promise, won't we? :)