The Cruise is Over

I am back home in Canada, the land of ice and snow. I am freezing and I want the sunshine back. You know it is funny how the moment I got to the airport in Fort Lauderdale I immediately put on my shorts and sandals and enjoyed the hot weather. Then after traveling south to Columbia, Panama etc where the weather got increasingly hotter as we approached the equator I became more accustomed to the temperature that when we finished the trip in Fort Lauderdale again it felt cold there even though it was roughly the same temperature. I have no problem to adapting to the warmth; I think I was supposed to live where it is hot. If I can grow a coconut tree in my back yard then I am living where I should be. Mmmmmmmm Coconuts. I ate one every chance I had when I was off the ship.
Ok so the purpose of my trip was to celebrate my Opa and Oma’s (Grandpa and Grandma - German) 60th wedding anniversary with my family. They took all 22 of us… wait… I mean all 18 of us along. Some couldn’t come for various reasons such as being only 8 months old, etc; although they were all missed.
So it was definitely an awesome time with family and we all had a great time. I am blessed to have such a wonderful family that loves and cares for each other. Also, as I have said in a previous post about my Grandparents, I love them so much and am so glad to have the relationship that I have with them. They mean the world to me and I will never forget this experience together with them. The cool thing that I have often thought about is remembering the trip to Italy that I had with my Nonno and Nonna (Grandpa and Grandma – Italian) years ago. Even though my Nonna is gone now after passing away 7 years ago, I will forever cherish all the memories that I have of her; Like Nonna and I sitting at the train station in Millan eating bread and salami that we had snuck into her purse from dinner the night before. “Ti amo Nonna”
Maybe that’s it… Maybe that is part of the answer to dealing with loosing the ones that you care about the most. Cherishing the memories of the good times together, if that is the case then it certainly is important to make every effort to spend time with and value the ones that we still have. That being said, then this trip was an amazing experience. I love my Opa and Oma so much, they mean the world to me and I will never forget this experience together with them.
Huh, this post certainly took quite the turn. How should I tie it all back to the start?
I am so Cold! I wish that I was climbing up a palm tree right now to get a coconut.

WOW...

Internet is expensive...
The Sun is Hot...
Costa Rica is AWESOME!

Sorry for the lack of posts... I miss you all.