The Breakers. Day 4. The Last Half Day.
The final day. Of a three and a half day trip.
We woke up this morning and got ready quickly to enjoy our last few hours at the hotel. Last night when the kids were sleeping we tried to pack up what we could, knowing full well that we’d have a lot to do in the morning.
Today we decided to change things up and eat breakfast at The Beach Club restaurant (where we had lunch yesterday). It was basically the same buffet, except you had to order eggs (there was no egg station). Everything was delicious as usual. We ate outside which was nice, but we probably would have preferred inside because the sun was strong (even though we were in the shade). Today I took some yogurts for later and a banana and an apple, and I think Hallie took several boxes of fruit loops.
After breakfast we got the same chairs at the pool and hung around there for about two hours. We also went to the beach but the water had a jellyfish warning and it was very sea-weedy, which it hadn’t been the previous two days. It was also a bit rougher than the last couple of days.
Lunch was a bit of a mess between timing, naps, and food. I think we were also full from breakfast. We got seats at the Ocean House, next to the pool, and tried to order the minimum we could to still get Madeleine free food, so we ordered chips and guac and a humus and crudites, except the waiter was very confused by the whole thing for some reason and we just ended up with a side of veggies and no humus. The guac was good again though, as were the plantain chips. We tried to feed Madeleine mac and cheese, but she wouldn’t eat it; I think we just finally have to accept that the only Mac and Cheese she eats is Toddys.
After lunch Madeleine fell asleep in the stroller, we each took one last dip in the pool, and then we went back to the room to finish packing up. We were out of the room by 130 (our late check out time). The lobby was packed with people scrambling to leave. Right before we left we realized we forgot to leave money for housekeeping so I scrambled to find some cash and quickly handed a mess of bills to a man who said he would put it to our room. Hopefully he did.
The ride to the airport was fine, as was check-in. The airport is pretty small so everything was very fast. Thankfully our flight was only delayed 30 minutes this time. Because we booked so late we were only able to get a row of 3 and then one in front of us, so of course it was me and the children in one row, and Tzvi on the aisle in the row in front of us. When we got on the plane there were two people sitting in the row across from us – a woman on the aisle and a woman in the window. Tzvi asked the aisle woman if she would swap with him (aisle for aisle) but she said she couldn’t because she was with the woman in the window. Then someone came and set between them, and the aisle woman and the window woman never said a word to each other the entire flight. Tzvi was pretty pissed.
Anyway, Madeleine didn’t chill out the entire flight, which was fun. The TVs weren’t working for the first half, and once they started working she didn’t really want to sit and watch. It was long. At one point Madeleine sat feeding Tzvi Cheeze-Its.
Anyway, we made it back and got our luggage and went home!
Good trip?