On the day the world celebrates love, my Sweetie took me for a special overnight date at the beautiful Las Hadas Hotel. What a treat it was in so many ways. Our friend, Ken from “Rosebud” chauffeured us to the dinghy dock and once we were checked in, we were taken by golf cart to our room. It was a beautiful suite with marble floors and walls, a mirror in the shower (hmmm…) and a balcony overlooking the anchorage and the Bay. We opened the special bottle of Malbec we had brought for the occasion and had a glass while we watched CNN news and took turns taking long, hot showers! I mentioned that some hors d’oeuvres would be nice and Chris immediately called room service and ordered quesadillas. As it turned out, he also ordered another bottle of wine…a $100 bottle of Chilean Merlot/Cabernet blend with a screw top! Really! At six we met Ken & Linde for dinner at the Paradise Restaurant and as the evening wore on, about half the anchorage showed up. The company, food, scenery and temperature were perfect and it was all topped off with a group of wonderful strolling Mexican musicians. As we walked back to the room we saw fireworks across the Bay in Manzanillo. Back in the room, we opened the expensive wine (turns out it was very nice) and discovered that the movie “10” was on the TV. Seems the hotel has one channel that plays this movie 24/7 (Could it be because it was filmed there?). After all these years it was still hilarious. This morning we luxuriated in long, hot showers again before going to breakfast and meeting Ken for our “carriage” ride back to the boat. It was all very romantic and I loved every minute, but I must admit that cruisers have some pretty unusual priorities when it comes to luxury. Chris & I agreed that the best part was having a night alone, but the short list of luxuries for both of us was “real” showers, air conditioning and TV (in English). It doesn’t take much to put together a perfect, romantic evening…especially when you are “camping” the rest of the time. Still...I am very happy that he enjoys spoiling me!
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