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Monday 8 June 2015
Real Island Life: Notes From A Day On Aruba!
PALM BEACH - First of all, I a little. No rush and no ning this cozy place, where is time to get some food. No fancy dinner ware, just
like to welcome you to my hurry. Take time to enjoy you can spend hours look- Zeerovers in Savaneta is plain easy simple plastic
island in the sun. Aruba’s your fresh squeezed lemon ing around and identifying the place to go. Simple, but I promise you that you
weather is always so pre- juice from your backyard all the things visiting tourists clean and oh so good! The will be licking your fingers
dictable (hot and windy) trees with a fish omelet (left have left behind to person- freshest fish on the island, while enjoying a few drinks
and that might be the main over’s from last night’s in- alize the bar, like baseball brought in directly by our and the best sunset on
reason you decided to credible catch of the day). caps, business cards, li- local fisherman. You or- the island, island style........
come visit us. Of course be- Grab an ice cooler, fill it up cense plates and of course der by the piece and or You see now that a day
sides the sun there is much with anything you like to weird kind of souvenirs. Go pound and as little or as in Aruba can fly by as
more like: beaches, res- drink cold, and start driv- check it out yourself..... much as you want. The long as you have fun en-
taurants, shopping, gam- ing. Of course you can get Up to Baby Beach and price for fish and chips is joy every moment of it.
bling, activities and more. in an air-conditioned car, Rogers beach. These are so good that you for sure Yes, you are in
Talking about all those but also nice for the ex- the places locals go. This would ask: “is that all”? PARADISE!!!q
fun things to do here, if perience are the open-air is where we teach our kids
you live on the island full jeeps. In that case all you to swim. Calm and shallow
time, and work every day, need is to protect yourself waters, lots of space to lie
you might forget that we with sun block because our out and catch some sun. If
truly live in a paradise. sun is really strong-I recom- you pick a spot close to the
Of course on your off mend Aruba Aloe brand! Snack Container where
day you might go swim- Packed with a towel and they sell burger and re-
ming or drive around the ice cooler I started driv- freshments you can enjoy
but it is after a few more ing along the coast line. 24-7 “golden oldies”. Music
you grew up with...... After
days at home when you Never realized how many a few hours of “vegging”
start realizing how beauti- different shades of blue on the beach staring at
ful our island really is. So I really exist in the ocean. I the turquoise ocean and
took some time to “smell counted at least 9 differ- listening to the birds that
the ocean breeze”...... ent types of blues-just like fly by and walk around it
I truly think that all locals you see in famous mov-
should do so, once in a ies like the “blue lagoon”.
while, to appreciate where First stop was the famous
we live and what we have.� Charlie’s Bar in San Nico-
Enjoy breakfast outside in laas Main Street. Genera-
your patio or yard. Breathe tion after generation of
in and out.... Let it sink in Charlie’s have been run-
