Last week, my last spring break vacation ever, flew by me. One second I was in California leaving for Cabo, and the next I was getting off the plane in Austin. While I am sad that last week is now nothing but memories, I will cherish those memories for the rest of my life!
Where to begin...
Last Friday my friends and I made our way to San Diego, where we stayed at a gorgeous condo on Coronado Island. We started our vacation with a delicious meal (shocker) at Prepkitchen, and polished it off with acai bowls from Juice Kaboose. For anyone who has not tried an acai bowl, go try one (or make one) NOW. This set the tone for the rest of our weekend in California, as it revolved around trying fun new restaurants, exploring the city and cruising around on a gorgeous boat. After devouring meals at Hash House a go go, Point Loma Seafood, Herringbone and True Food Kitchen, I think it is safe to say we ate our way through San Diego, which was perfect for our spring break diet...right?
Monday morning we left for Cabo San Lucas. I have to say, I am not the most joyful and relaxing person to travel with. If I am not anxious about getting on a plane, I am anxious about our reservations or the mere thought of traveling out of the country. As fate would have it, I had every reason to be so high strung. We arrived at the hotel, along with 350 other college students, to find that our hotel was overbooked. And not just overbooked, but they had the audacity to TRIPLE book each room. Perfect.
After dealing with this nonsense for hours, we finally found ourselves relocated up into the mountains at the stunning Montecristo Estates, which are a part of the Pueblo Bonito Sunset Beach. All I have to say is WOW. While the location was not on the beach as we had planned, we were each put up in our own private villa. Each villa was not only a two story, three bedroom, stunning home, but each villa also had it's own private pool and hot tub. Needless to say, I was in heaven. Maybe our little overbooking mishap wouldn't be so bad after all!
Our entire week was spent on the beach. The resort was able to transport us back and forth to our original hotel everyday so that we were with all of our other friends. Being a guest at Montecristo meant that we even had our own private section on the beach with tents, chairs and unlimited food and drinks at our service. I had the best time seeing friends from different schools, walking up and down the beach, sipping margaritas as if they were water, jet skiing in the icy blue waters and laying out in the sun.
As I sit here on my couch in Austin, drinking my morning coffee, and cannot help but think back on the memories and express how lucky I am- how thankful I am. So, cheers to my last spring break ever, and cheers to the many more amazing traveling experiences to come.
