Beach Day

That’s right fam and friends, today was a beach day for the Patterson clan! Montegro has a famous beach that hosts concerts every summer called, Jaz Beach, so, of course, this is the beach we chose to lounge on. Only the best, right?! Well…about that. When I say beach day, what are you guys expecting? I know my boyfriend, Eric, being an avid beach lover (and Jimmy Buffet fan…the 2 go hand in hand, don’t you agree?) has a definite picture in his mind. Heck, why don’t I go ahead and paint the picture of what I think you guys are thinking?! (Follow me?) White sandy beach with crashing waves and chairs with umbrella…oh and of course the water is heated to a nice temperature by the hot, hot sun. You know, not too hot and not too cold, just cold enough to cool you off. Am I close?? Well if you were thinking that’s what I meant by BEACH DAY, you are sadly mistaken my friends. Okay, okay, some of the things were dead on: the chairs with umbrellas and, well…that’s it. No white sandy beach for us, instead we were greeted by a stony, pebbly beach. Different, huh? You’re thinking, “Oh that could still be nice, though, Darian”. Well yes, sweet readers, that COULD be. If the rocks weren’t hotter than the sun itself! Shoes had to be worn when attempting to walk on these hot stones, friends. Not to worry though, because the water would cool us off, right?! Hmmm…about that…the water was frigid. Very, very cold. Sorta unbearable, not super comfortable for swimming. Oh, and no crashing waves, which was splendid, since we don’t care for being knocked down by waves. Different beach experience, to say the very least. Don’t get me wrong, though, this is NOT to say we didn’t have a great time. The differences were just unexpected and gave us quite a laugh. The rocks weren’t that bad once you got used to them…sorta. However, I’ll stick to my sandy beaches, please. Em and I braved the colder than ice water, in order to cool off from our extreme sunbathing. In addition, it was nice to not have to worry about any slimy fish or sea creatures, as we saw none during our time swimming in the sea. The absence of waves, was also a welcomed change from some of the beaches we’ve been to where we are constantly struggling to stay above the water. The water was VERY salty. We discovered this, not by trying to drink it, but simply by laying out in the sun after taking a dip in the sea. I glanced at my legs and saw little white circles of salt. Like I said, the water was super salty. In fact, it was so salty we could see it! I’d consider our beach day a success. We all got some sun, some of us too much. (cough, cough, Dad, cough, cough)

After lounging on the beach for a few hours, we returned back to the pier to catch a tender back to our ship. (The ship was too big to pull into the actual port, so we had to take smaller boats from the ship to the shore) The line was insane and the sun was steady beating down on us. Sounds pretty miserable, doesn’t it? Actually, the wait went by rather quickly, because we got to talking to a man and his son who were in line behind us. They were from England. If any of you know me well at all, you know I ADORE British accents. They were lovely to talk to, but even if they weren’t the best conversationalists, I still would’ve enjoyed listening to them and their splendid accents.

Our day in Kotor was just what we all needed. It was the first true laid back day on shore we’ve had thus far. Jaz Beach was the perfect spot to spend our last day in the Mediterranean. Yes, sadly, this was our last stop of the cruise. We will be on the ship for 2 days (well, only one after today), and then we will be back in Barcelona for a day. Where, of course, we will fly from to Newark then to the great state of Texas.

We’ve really had a great 2 weeks here on the Celebrity Solstice, but I know we are all somewhat anxious to get home and get back into the swing of things. Don’t think that because all of our stops are over that the blog is over, though! I couldn’t leave you all hanging like that! I will continue to blog, hopefully someone…anyone…will continue to read. HA HA! :)