a veg life

(posted by Emily)  30 August 2014 On Saturday morning, we were up early again and decided to head down to the beach to reserve our lounger for the afternoon. We had noticed that the prime seats by the pool get saved pretty early in the morning, and we wanted to make sure we didn't miss out!  all quiet by the pool this morning! We stopped in the international buffet for breakfast again, and enjoyed some fresh fruit and breakfast potatoes. We had a little bit of time before our dolphin excursion, so we got changed and watched a bit of tv before heading down to our van pick up.  Over the summer, when we first started planning our Cabo vacation, we decided that a trip to swim with dolphins was a must. In true Barclay style, Rick did a lot of research about which companies offered the best conditions for the dolphins and had the best value. We settled on Dolphin Discovery for a number of reasons--they offer round trip transportation to th...

(posted by Emily) Saturday 19 July Daily Step Count: 29,572 On Saturday morning, we woke up to another great breakfast from our hotel. Having the benefit of a free meal to start the day was totally worth it to us. We checked out of our room, but had the hotel hold our backpacks so we could pick them up later, closer to our departure. We decided to head back over to San Marco Square to see what the line for the basilica looked like. The streets were packed, with lots of tour groups from the cruise ships in town for the weekend.  The line to get in to the church was still pretty long, so we opted to get on the vaporetto and head over to Lido .     Lido is another one of Venice's islands, very long and narrow. It has swimmable beaches, so the locals tend to go there on the weekend to escape. The boat trip over was easy enough, though crowded.   When we got to Lido, I was feeling a bit nauseous from the boat ride. Strange, becau...