Weezer Cruise - Day 3 - Cozumel

So first, here is a picture of me taken the morning following the concert with the awesome drumstick mentioned in the previous post.  YAY!  Such a good memory, and keepsake.

We arrived in the morning in Cozumel, but since we knew our excursion wasn't until noon, we took a slow morning getting ready and having breakfast.  It was really nice.  Then we finally wandered off the ship to the island and did a little exploring in the little touristy shops.  

Mic in front of the Carnival Destiny - our ship

Me and some real hibiscus flowers . . . so pretty!

Because no trip to Mexico is complete without a sombrero picture

 

Yay Mexico . . . this picture of me makes me laugh because it reminds me of this picture of my sister the way I am standing . . . *random*

 

I'm such a mean wife, I always make Mic pose in these random funny things . . . this trip was no exception.  I think these turned out awesome though . . .  

Loved the pinatas hanging overhead . . . 

Our excursion was called "Salsa and Salsa."  It took us forever to decide upon what to do in Mexico, but I am glad we did this one.  I chose it because I thought it would be fun to learn how to make some salsas, and also perfect because Michael is ALWAYS wanting me to go dancing, learn dancing with him, and this class had a short salsa dance lesson as well.  If you drink (we don't) - it also had bottomless margaritas and we learned how to make some margaritas as well.  We all got to wear these super dorky chef hats too, which was totally fun!  

Our table at the beginning . . . 

 Mic squeezing a lemon and chopping our onions for our cooked salsas

Shipmates making strawberry margaritas . . . 

Fiery Red Salsa 

1-3 cloves roasted garlic 

1/4 white onion roasted and chopped 

½-2 roasted jalapeño or serrano chiles (remove seeds for milder salsa) 

2 roasted roma tomatoes

Pinch of cilantro, lime juice, salt to taste

Grind the garlic in the molcajete, add chile, onions, tomatoes, a pinch of cilantro, salt and a few drops of lime juice.  Continue mashing until well blended.

Tangy Salsa Verde (my fave one)

1-3 cloves roasted garlic 

1/4 white onion roasted and chopped 

½-2 roasted jalapeño or serrano chiles (remove seeds for milder salsa) 

4 roasted tomatillos

Pinch of cilantro, lime juice, salt to taste

Grind the garlic in the molcajete, add chile, onions, tomatillos, a pinch of cilantro, salt and a few drops of lime juice.  Continue mashing until well blended.

Oaxacan Guacamole

¼ cup of green salsa verde

Juice from ½ -1lime

1 ripe avocado

Salt to taste

Use your molcajete to blend all the ingredients until smooth

Mic at Hotel Cozumel overlooking the ocean

Me posing at Hotel Cozumel

Pretty palm trees blowing in the breeze at Hotel Cozumel (took these during our break)

Mic and I in our oh so sexy chef hats - lol

Fresh Pico de Gallo

 2 roma tomatoes

½ white onion, diced

½ jalapeño de-seeded and diced

Pinch of cilantro, lime juice and salt to taste

Mix all ingredients together then separate into 2 bowls.  To one of the bowls, add a few drops of lime, pinch of cilantro, salt to taste.  In the other bowl: Tropical Salsa - Add 1 tbls chopped pineapple, or your favorite  tropical fruit.  Mix well and serve.

Mango/Melon Mix Salsa

½ red pepper, diced

½ jalapeño de-seeded and diced

1 tbls of mango or melon (you can also use honey dew, papaya)

Pinch of cilantro and 4 drops of lime juice.  Mix all ingredients together. Best served with Chicken or Fish

Rompope Dessert Salsa  (so amazingly YUMMY)

½ mango,melon, or pineapple chopped

1 tbls chopped apples

1-2 tbls Rompope (Vanilla liqueur) - (or if you do not drink, orange juice can sub here)

1 tbls coconut

    Mix and chill.  Serve over ice-cream of your choice.

This is the dessert salsa over the most amazing creamy Mexican ice cream!  Delish!

Mic with the maracas!  Ole!

All done, ready to dance . . . 

Our group picture!  So fun!

Me at the cool under-road stair case before we got in our cab to head back to the port.

Mic relaxing on a little beach in the port.

My toesies while I relaxed on the beach . . . our ship and another Carnival Cruise in the background . . . 

So when we got back, we did a little more shopping at some of the little shops and then headed back aboard the cruise ship, we didn't want to be late and we ate and then totally crashed.  I wanted to do 80's prom that night but we were both so pooped out from the day, we just slept through it.