Ready to CRUISE! {2023 edition}

And, we're off...

in search of some Vitamin Sea... 

Much like in the last couple of years (2018, 2019, and 2022), my mother is taking us all on a wonderful cruise, and this time we're tackling the Caribbean!

It has been a minute since I was last in the Caribbean, and though we are hitting a few places that I've been to before, there are several new stops for me + ALL are new stops for the kids (& MOST are new stops for Hubby, too)!

This morning we started our journey, dark and early, and began the trek down to Florida.

We picked up Grandma and set out on our way. This time, Hubby is with us for the ENTIRE journey, which is the biggest treat, as he is many times known for meeting us along the way due to work and other commitments.

We made a quick stop in Jacksonville at the place where one of our favorite Clemson Tigers, Trevor Lawrence, now plays, and checked off another NFL stadium for the boys...

(and the girls, too)...

From there, we continued on down to St. Augustine, and grabbed a late lunch at GAS Full Service Restaurant...

I thought it would be a fun stop, and a nod to Hubby's line of work.

It was a hoot...

More to come, but in the meantime...

{EUROPE} - A Look Back at Our LAST Cruise

Day One - Barcelona Day 1

Day Two – Barcelona Day 2
Days Three & Four – Barcelona Day 3 + AT SEA
Days Five & Six – Gibraltar + AT SEA
Day Seven – Marseille, France
Day Eight – Rapallo, Santa Margherita Ligure & Portofino (Genoa), Italy
Day Nine – Pisa (Livorno), Italy
Day Ten – Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy
Days Eleven & Twelve – Pompeii (Naples), Italy + AT SEA
Day Thirteen – Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Day Fourteen – Ephesus (Kusadasi), Turkey
Day Fifteen – Istanbul, Turkey
Day Sixteen – Mykonos, Greece
Day Seventeen – Athens, Greece + HOME!