Mauritius

So...I truly believe in having a good holiday before the new year starts again...work starts again...well real life starts again...so as mentioned...between Christmas and New Year we stayed at home, made a small trip to the Midlands and Drakensberg, but in January it was time to get a little bit of sunshine, beach, pool and doing absolutely nothing....so the decision was to go to the Club Med in Mauritius....Plantation d'Albion.....

I must say....what a beautiful resort, it was well organised, here is an example. When we arrived in the morning, the rooms were not ready, so we got a room for the day which allowed us to shower and change and then late afternoon we got our real room...beautiful size...actually large, around 50m2....the bathroom could be open to be a part of the bedroom and lounge or it could be closed with a wooden sliding door...fabulous....the resort....divine.....

Food....well let's start by telling you how it works...Club Med is an all inclusive package, from drinks to food....in the morning there was a breakfast buffet from 7:30am to 10:00 then there was an a la carte restaurant (by the adult pool) from 10:00- 11:30. 

Lunch in the main buffet area was served as well as the a la carte restaurant (just different times) and dinner again, either at the main buffet or the a la carte....it was great..

Kim and my day was pretty standard: 

Breakfast....Kim and I didn't manage to get up for the main buffet so every morning we had breakfast at the a la carte....omelette, fruit plate, fresh rolls with BANANA JAM, you name it.....

Then it was time for lounging at the pool, doing nothing...reading and swimming, the pool was around 25m and around 34 degrees, beautiful.......

 View at breakfast

 Kim ready to lie at the pool

me infront of the pool

Lunch was at the a la carte restaurant cause before 14:00 we were not hungry....always a choice of 3 starters, 3 mains and 3 dessert (one dessert was always the cheese plate, which of course, I decided to take all but one day)....from Caprese salad to seafood salad to bacon and mushroom tarte...amazing.....

 Seafood Salad

Then....some more lounging at the pool...

Dinner....before some pre-drinks at the bar where they had beautiful canapés....every night different....most nights we decided to have at the main dinner buffet (2 nights were spend at the a la carte restaurant).....why...cause the buffet food was outstanding.....lobster, sushi, huge cheese selection, cold meats, salmon....it was honestly delicious...in my next blog I will tell you about the a la carte dinner.....

 Mutti at pre-dinner drinks

 Mom at pre-dinner drinks

 Kim and me at pre-dinner drinks

Dad at pre-dinner drinks

Me at pre-dinner drinks

Kim enjoying his pre-drinks

 Pre-dinner snacks

Pre-dinner buffet

As you can see...we had a holiday of just relaxing, sleeping, eating and bathing in the sun...i think it was what we all needed, to re-fuel before the new year...I would go back any time to this Club Med....it was honestly great...I know I mentioned it a few times but it truly was.....one day it was a little rainy, so went to Port Louis, but it is not worth mentioning, a few shops, nothing worth buying though and the food we ate there...total rip off and it was not great.....so....don't bother about stopping in Port Louis :-)

Now...time to go dream about my distant vacation :-)