Seaside Adventures and.....Hey, where's the top to her swimsuit?

We only WISH, it was Ulyssa we were talking about, but....sadly, no, we discovered that it's pretty much accepted for women of all ages here to go topless at the beach. Our first experience at the beach involved a complex skillset of eye-darting! Imagine our surprise.......But, lets rewind to our glorious day.


We live about 5 minutes from Constanta's seaside resort town called Mamaia so we had to check out the famous boardwalk and ride the sky gondola before the season got really busy. We started out on the beach, but quickly realized that the boardwalk was a "safe zone" for everyone's eyes!


There were some delicious smells, fun shops and fountains, GELATO (yummy Italian ice cream) and some catchy techno tunes pumping through the PA as we strutted down the boardwalk, we just couldn't help ourselves. We slowed traffic with our fancy hip and foot work..... I think I even saw some Jazz hands! ha ha

















Izzy found the latest style in European pants. I'm not going to tell you what the kids called them.... but, needless to say, Bryan got himself a pair in red for the Fall. He'll be fierce in the Dome trenches!



The ride on the sky gondola was awesome it goes over all the big hotels, near the beach for about 3 kms. We took it one way and decided to play all the way back. Everyone got excited about the waterpark which isn't opened yet. With our family size, it's usually cheaper to get a season family pass then buy a one day pass for everyone!








This was a fun shot Ashlee got of Ulyssa as she whipped her head around to see something! Love it! Ashlee was the family photog for the day, didn't she do a great job?








We rounded out our day with a dip in the sea, half the kids brought swimsuits under their clothing, the other half didn't. There were several awesome photos taken, but after close inspection...we had to edit them for background content...if ya know what I mean!





Ashlee worked hard to turn Olivia into Ariel, with seashells and all. Bryan finally got into after standing as sentinel over the backpack. What a great dad he is.


This was a random shot we got of the kids at sunset on the beach. I loved the colors.