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Sailors feel like VIP’s in Aruba

ORANJESTAD — Dutch yacht sailors Lisel- safe here seeing the protection protocol
otte and Machiel recently arrived with carried out by the harbor master and his
their boat Pitou in the harbor of Aruba. De- staff. They also feel the warmth of the peo-
spite the COVID-19 crisis the couple was ple of Aruba and were welcomed with a
welcomed with open arms by the Aruban bottle of champagne, a horn blowing by
people. other boats -which is a tradition among
sailors- and an enthusiastic hello from
They have sailed thousands of kilometers friends. They will be in quarantine for ten
from Martinique to Aruba where they were days which is no problem at all as they feel
examined by a doctor in COVID-19 pro- safe, welcomed and protected from pos-
tective gear upon arrival. They feel very sible hurricanes. Source: Vrij Nederland. q

Aruba to me Superheroes

How many times do our
children tell us that dad is
their superhero? A great
father is a coach, mentor,
soldier, friend and husband.
Aruba Today has a place in
their heart for all dads.

We invite you to send a pic-
ture of your father with a
small text dedicated to Fa-
ther’s Day in order for us to
create a nice Superhero ar-
ticle to be published in Aru-
ba Today! Send it to email
news@arubatoday.com or
ORANJESTAD — In these difficult times we would like to as a message on Facebook
reach out to our friends abroad who were supposed to Aruba Today.
spend their tropical vacation on Aruba or who had to
break up their vacation due to the COVID-19 situation. We also invite you
Aruba Today invites you to send us your picture and words to join us with an ad
expressing your memory of our island or your dream va- of your Father’s Day
cation for the future. Special and we will
give you a FREE PR
Send us your picture(s) together with completing the sen- to go with that, pub-
tence: Aruba to me is …….. (Email: news@arubatoday. lished in print and
com). Please do note: By submitting photos, text or any online! Your ad will
other materials, you give permission to The Aruba Today reach the local mar-
newspaper, Caribbean Speed Printers and any of its affili- ket because Bon Dia
ated companies to use said materials, as well as names, Aruba and Aruba
likeness, etc. for promotional purposes without compen- Today come out as
sation. Today we share a wonderful message from Ada & one newspaper now.
Eduardo Sotomayor San Juan, Puerto Rico. Note also our Face-
“We have been visiting Aruba for the last 30 plus years ev- book special: 3 days
ery year. Sometimes twice a year. Our kids have grown up pinned post on Bon
traveling with us when they were very young. They all love Dia Aruba Facebook
the island as much as we do. We bought 2 time shares for only Afl. 200,00 (>
in Harbourtown, today Renaissance Marriott when they 24.000 likes)!
were in only in the planning process. This year as soon as
Aruba opens the travel ban we will be visiting with one Please contact our sales
or two of our adult kids hopefully by July. We renovated department for more de-
our 40th wedding vows at LA CABANA chapel and last tails at: +297 597-7801 or
year we celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary and email: linda.reijnders@
will continue to visit ARUBA for many, many years as long cspnv.comq
as God permits. ARUBA is our heaven on earth!” q