Hi, we're back! And here's an elephant, made of towels! (Can you see it? It's hard to get the full effect in a photo.) Of all the amazing things we saw and of the 1,750 photos we took, this is what I'm sharing first. Mostly because we haven't even transferred all the photos from the camera yet. But also because this elephant? Fucking rocks.

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Every night on the cruise they do turndown service and leave a little chocolate on your pillow. And some nights they also fold towels into an animal and leave it on the bed. We would return to the room after dinner and there's a swan! Or a bunny! Or this freaking awesome elephant. Made of towels. So much love did I have for this elephant that I made Rob take pictures of me with it and then I placed it in the middle of our coffee table where it stayed the remainder of the cruise.

Imagine my delight when a workshop was offered on how to fold towels into animals. Doreen and I were so there, because who doesn't want to know how to do that?! And so now we can fold our own elephants! Doreen has already promised to leave one on the bed the next time we stay with them.