A Cita Life

My husbands brother in law wants to do this big celebration for his 50th by taking a trip. The hubs suggested a cruise plenty of things to do on the ship, different places to visits, and good price points. His brother in law was thrilled with the idea. Cruising holds a special place in our hearts. Our very first cruise was in 2006 when the hubs best friend got married on a Royal Caribbean cruise, The Adventure of the Seas. We were the youngest people on that ship. Even though we were the youngest in our 20s and everyone was older we didn't care. After that first cruise it had us hooked! We couldn't wait to do another one. When the hubs was my boyfriend at the time said we would never travel any way else ever again! And he meant it. We took several more cruises after that and even had our honeymoon on a Royal Caribbean cruise! I remember when someone asked us, "How can you love Royal Caribbean so much if you haven't been on another cruise line?" We even tri...

I’m super excited to talk about the Black Women Connect for this week. This weeks woman connect is a black blogger.  Her name is J essica Nabongo . She's a travel blogger and photographer. But, I’m focusing on the traveling. I am an adamant traveler and I love the travel. I know most people don’t think it’s possible to do so for what ever reason. I feel like this lady right here can bring you to a whole new level of awe and travel envy with just enough to get you biten by the travel bug! She’s been to 111 countries/territories and counting! I also found out that she is also a Detroiter!  How I first found out about Jessica is from one of the curly girls, Rene Daniella , that I follow on Instagram and Twitter. I just so happened to be on Twitter and this retweeted tweet  showed up on my time line. I skimmed over it and kept it moving. Well, it showed up on my timeline again with a response and this time I actually paid attention.  It was talking about how The Four...

The Hotel Exchange is located in Amsterdam. The fashion hotel with rooms dressed like models. The hotel is in walking distance to the train station, boat rides, shopping, the Sex Museum, and the Red Light District. That was just a few things we did since we were so close to everything in walking distance. Hotel Amenities Complimentary wifi, soap, and shampoo. For other things you may have forgotten or didn't think about like a outlet power converter the sold in a vending machine on the second floor. There was another vending machine that sold snacks and water. They supplied a free map of things to do in the area. Lounge Space at the Hotel The Exchange Lounge space. The elevator is big enough for 2 people with not a lot of luggage. The hubs and I almost didn't fit and we had backpacks! Well, there were 2 elevators in the hotel. One going from the main floor where you check in at to the lounge area on the second floor and the other elevator taking you to the re...

After leaving Amsterdam we took a train to Brussels. We made it there later in the afternoon because we missed our preferred time for the train. We made it all the way to the station, to the track, where the train was at to press the button for the door not to open, for it to leave. We arrived in Brussels and walked from the train station taking in the sights of the city to our Air BnB apartment. We asked our host what was a good place to eat around here. She suggested we try this French restaurant for a nice meal. Once, settled we made our way to the restaurant. We made our way in and walk right past the maitre d not knowing who he was because he was talking to people. He stops us by calling to us in French and later in the English then later seats us. He brought us the menus and they were in French. We didn't sit long before the maite d came back stating that the only menus they had were in French and saying that he'll help us out by telling what they offered and we cou...

Hey loves, Just like I promised a video for Travel Tuesdays! It's a review of our stay when we went to London, Canada. Hotel Metro is a boutique hotel, that has 4 floors, 7 rooms on each floor. The lobby was beautifully decorated and I loved the little touches they had like the ramp for your luggage and the complimentary infused water. The fruit infused water was different every day. We went to London to celebrate our friend Frazier's birthday. Our friends stayed in the King Suite, it was a large spacious room, with a chair, flat screen TV, desk, large ottoman at the foot of the bed, coffee area, that had a jetted, soaker tub, rain shower, and a separate private toilet. Their room had a view of the outside where you could see the festival going on out front. Since, it was Frazier's birthday they gave him a complimentary bottle of wine. Picture taken inside of the Hotel Metro, King Suite  Sly and I stayed in the Queen Suite. The Queen Suite had a couch, des...

We arrived in Brussels, Belgium where we were to catch a train and ride for two hours to Amsterdam. The train station had a stop in the airport so all we had to do was downstairs to get on the train. We made it to the train station in enough time but had just missed the 12:15 pm train. The next train was to arrive at 1:15 pm while waiting in the station looking at the kiosk it all of sudden showed cancelled. Cancelled... What how can the train be cancelled? The train for Amsterdam had been cancelled. We decided we would wait for the next one and sitting there in the train station the 1:15 showed cancelled as well. I was beginning to wonder were we ever going to make it to Amsterdam? Sly went an talked to a worker that wasn't very helpful by his unhelpfulness caused us to almost have to leave the station to get some help. Luckily, we were able to find someone that was able to help us. They directed us in the way of getting us to Amsterdam and we couldn't be happier. We arr...

On our way to Europe we had a lay over in Boston.We spent about a good 8+ hours as a layover there. I made sure before we left Detroit that I would try to feed the mess out of my baby so, I wouldn't have to worry about pumping as soon as we got to Boston. Mama succeeded. Seeing how I'm still breastfeeding I figured it would be best to pump before we started our next 10+ hours of travel to Europe. Which I'm glad I did I wouldn't have made it! Well, I didn't check out the Boston airport to see if they had an area for breastfeeding and at this point I wasn't going to wait and try and find out. So, I did what any breastfeeding mother would do pump while I waited for my flight. I got out a 6 ounces before it was time to board the plane. I had to dump it unfortunately and fortunately because it wasn't going to survive the plane and train ride totaling in about 24 hours of travel. Yes, that's me pumping out in the open in the waiting area waiting for...

We flew from Detroit to Boston before leaving for Europe and had about an 8 hour layover. I wasn't too thrilled about the idea so I made no plans to look up anything for Boston even though Sly told me to do so. He said Boston was my trip to find something for us to do. Normally, I would have researched and planned some things out. Like I said I wasn't thrilled and I did nothing. When we arrived we made our way around to see where the international flight area of the airport was to familiarize ourselves with it when it came time to leave for our flight. We got back on the airport bus to head to rent a car last minute but heard over the system that there was a stop for the bus and train station so we decided to get off. We were trying to decide if we should do a day pass to get around via train or just purchase a ticket one way and another back to the airport. We asked one of the workers there and he told us to take the train to aquarium district saying that there was water ...

Hello October! I hope it's treating you well. This is one busy month for the channel and I couldn't be more excited. This month we're celebrating the 1 year anniversary for the channel. We're taking an entire week to celebrate! The channel anniversary celebration is the 2nd week of October followed by relaxation week. And we can't forget about Halloween. For the month of September we did a little traveling. Sly and I backpack through parts of Europe. I'm excited to share the stories and pictures with you. I've already shared some on my Instagram page. My goals for last month I was able to complete. Oh yea! Talk about feeling accomplished! I was able to edit and upload all 6 videos before we left to create some more space on my phone for our trip. Apparently, I didn't clear enough because I filled my memory up in Amsterdam. Lol, I took lots of pictures and video. I'm happy to report the boys are signed up for swim and have already attended their...

Hey Loves,  I do hope that everything is well with you all.  I hope your September is starting out well and your August ended the way you needed it to. August for me was definitely a very busy month. It started with a world wind of things going on. We were able to see and spend time with family which is always plus in my book and travel. Stories about that to come later. The start of September has been productive. I've started to throw things away and clean my house trying to prepare for the winter months to come. I'm not ready for it to get cold but it's coming. We celebrate my brother and nieces birthday. I was even enlisted to make Jell-O shots. That will be up on the channel for Cocktail Friday's this month. I'm glad Mercury is out of retrograde because maybe now I can get some things accomplished. For a brief period of time I felt like I couldn't complete anything. I am currently sitting on 6 videos that I need to edit to get up on the channel so,...

Hey loves, I have yet to finish the part two of the traveling piece for Mommy Corner Monday. I was so disappointed that I didn't get it done. I wanted it done prior to our trip to Georgia. But, the more I look at/ think about the piece I'm going to have to add more information and split it up in 2 parts! It sounds like it will end up being a 3 part series for you if you like to travel with your kids or would want to travel. It's coming I promise! With that being said I need to look at the layout and take it from there. And of course it's not ready for this mommy corner today but I do have some good news today's post is by Fae. She talks about the first day of school for her little one. Enjoy and I'll see you in a the next post! Until next time loves!

Hey Loves, With the start of the new month I hope it brings whatever you have been looking for. I'm a little bummed that it's August already! The time, summer, and this year has truly flown by. But, I am excited what a new month brings and so far it brings me a vacation! Our travels takes us to Georgia for a family reunion and a little R&R. I went to yoga yesterday and I made sure I did because I missed last week and I wasn’t able to make it the last 2 Saturdays. And knowing that we will be on vacation I will miss another week! Any who I went yesterday and it was everything I needed. I was even more excited that I actually did the crow pose yesterday! I was in the position then realized I was doing it then I fell. I tried it two more times in the yoga session and couldn’t hold and maintain the position. I was more excited with the fact that I did it which let me know I am capable of doing it again. So, yoga has been in the back of mind all the time since yesterday. I...

Today's Mommy Corner is traveling by car. So, I'm just going to jump right in. I can not stress enough the importance of having a system. It will save you time, frustration, and a headache when you have a system in place especially when traveling! Take creature comforts for on the road and the hotel. Depending on the distance your travel you take your baby’s bassinet. I took my son’s bassinet when we went to visit my sister in Cleveland. It was only a 3 hour drive and it was enough space in our car to do so. You can always request a pack and play once you arrival at your hotel if you’re concerned about space in your vehicle or not wanting to lug it around. I didn’t mind because his bassinet is good for traveling and it gave him some comfort when we were in a new place. For the car, I packed a couple of toys, books, and snacks for the road. When we went to Cleveland, I took one of my sons favorite toys to play with when we had down time in the hotel. For our Hawaii trip I a...