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Tuesday 5 May 2015
Aruba Hosts Eventful Weekend Honoring the Dutch Royal Family!
ORANJESTAD - In case you were on the war ships and sailboats that
wondering what was happening participated in the first “Sail Aru-
downtown over the weekend, the ba” event, many movies shown
entire population of Aruba came in open air and for free and many
out to be a part of the arrival of stands with local handcrafts for
the King and Queen of the Neth- sale. The highlight of the day was
erlands, who proudly visited our is- the parade of ships passing by.
land to celebrate 200 years of the The sail ship Picton Castle looked
Kingdom of the Netherlands and like a real pirate ship, and even
to commemorate 350 years of the the US Coast guard passed by to
Royal Dutch Marine Corps! salute the King of the Netherlands!
This event was celebrated with People are still talking about how
demonstrations by the Dutch Ma- elegant Queen Maxima looked
rine Corps where kids and adults next to King Willem-Alexander and
could participate, a delicious sea- we are looking forward to the next
food court, many stands with local Sail Aruba which will be even big-
handcrafts for sale, visits and tours ger and better!q
