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Tuesday 15 augusT 2017

Real Island Life: Notes From A Day On Aruba!

the Snack Container where by the piece and or pound
they sell burger and re- and as little or as much as
freshments you can enjoy you want. The price for fish
24-7 “golden oldies”. Music and chips is so good that
you grew up with...... After you for sure would ask: “is
a few hours of “vegging” that all”? No fancy dinner

PALM BEACH - First of all, I juice from your backyard caps, business cards, li-
like to welcome you to my trees with a fish omelet (left cense plates and of course on the beach staring at ware, just plain easy simple
island in the sun. Aruba’s over’s from last night’s in- weird kind of souvenirs. Go
weather is always so pre- credible catch of the day). check it out yourself..... the turquoise ocean and plastic but I promise you
listening to the birds that that you will be licking your
dictable (hot and windy) Grab an ice cooler, fill it up Up to Baby Beach and
and that might be the with anything you like to Rogers beach. These are fly by and walk around it fingers while enjoying a few
is time to get some food. drinks and the best sunset on
main reason you decided drink cold, and start driv- the places locals go. This
to come visit us. Of course ing. Of course you can get is where we teach our kids Zeerovers in Savaneta is the island, island style........
the place to go. Simple, You see now that a day
besides the sun there is in an air-conditioned car, to swim. Calm and shallow
much more like: beach- but also nice for the ex- waters, lots of space to lie clean and oh so good! The in Aruba can fly by as
freshest fish on the island, long as you have fun en-
es, restaurants, shopping, perience are the open-air out and catch some sun.
gambling, activities and jeeps. In that case all you If you pick a spot close to brought in directly by our joy every moment of it.
local fisherman. You order Yes, you are in PARADISE!!!
more. Talking about all need is to protect yourself
those fun things to do here, with sun block because our
if you live on the island sun is really strong-I recom-
full time, and work every mend Aruba Aloe brand!
day, you might forget that Packed with a towel and
we truly live in a paradise. the ice cooler I started driv-
ing along the coast line.
Of course on your off day Never realized how many
you might go swimming or different shades of blue
drive around but it is after really exist in the ocean. I
a few more days at home counted at least 9 differ-
when you start realizing how ent types of blues-just like
beautiful our island really is. you see in famous mov-
So I took some time to “smell ies like the “blue lagoon”.
the ocean breeze”...... First stop was the famous
I truly think that all locals Charlie’s Bar in San Nico-
should do so, once in a laas Main Street. Genera-
while, to appreciate where tion after generation of
we live and what we have.� Charlie’s have been run-
Enjoy breakfast outside in ning this cozy place, where
your patio or yard. Breathe you can spend hours look-
in and out.... Let it sink in ing around and identifying
a little. No rush and no all the things visiting tourists
hurry. Take time to enjoy have left behind to person-
your fresh squeezed lemon alize the bar, like baseball