I’ve been kind of quiet the past few weeks as I took a little break to the lovely Vilamoura, it was my first time to visit and I gotta say I would defo go back. The weather was nice most days. Food was fab and the hotel was really nice. We stayed in the Hilton, I loved the hotel, I couldn’t pick one fault with it and the breakfast there was amazing. Its about a 15 minute walk to the marina which some people may not like but I was glad because it meant we got a bit of exercise in. The marina is lovely its really chilled out, the atmosphere is relaxed and the food is really good. As we went out of season it wasn’t too busy there but people we met said that it is very busy and warm during the summer.
It was great to go away for a week and just take time out and chill. I really appreciate all experiences like this especially after having breast cancer and every time I do something be it a holiday , a fitness challenge anything I always have a sense of gratitude that Breast Cancer is not the be all and end of my life and there is life after it and its there for the taking and to be enjoyed, don’t forget that ladies.
Here my little flipagram of what was a brilliant little break
So one of the days on holidays I decided I wanted to take a boat trip to see some dolphins and visit some caves, I’m very excitable and the thoughts of getting close to dolphins had me hyper. So before we took the trip this is how I pictured it in my head. “Me on a big boat sailing out (not too far) to sea, dolphins swimming alongside the boat doing little jumps and all the cute stuff flipper did, I may at one stage even have pictured myself getting a selfie with a friendly dolphin and in fact if I’m honest with you all I may have mentioned that to my boyfriend and the man who was going to be bringing us out.” Anyways this is how the trip actually went, because of my super selfish attitude I made sure to get the front seats on the boat and when I say boat it was more like an inflatable dingy. When the tour guide remarked on how brave I was alarm bells still didn’t ring !
So the boat wasn’t what I pictured but I thought with it being so small and flimsey I defo get my Dolphin selfie. So we started sailing out to sea, with no life jackets on we were told they were under the seat????? The further we got out, and by god we got out very very very far in fact we could see no land and sailed for at least 45 mins out to sea, the choppier the water became, the more the boat would get flung into the air and then land on the water, it felt like we were landing on concrete. It was at this point with a blue face and blue hands my boyfriend turned and said ” If we do get off this alive your DEAD” , also we did spend 2 1/2 in the water didn’t see as much as a sea gull never mind a Dolphin it was too choppy for them and they had more sense than us, so our little adventure didn’t pan out they way I pictured but sure it was something different lol – I’ve added a short video of our Dolphin watching experience to give you an idea xxxx
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