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Pop’s Place for David’s Birthday Dinner Reboot

Jan 15, 2021

When asked what type of meal David wanted for his birthday, he said he just wanted a good hamburger. What makes a good hamburger for David? One that is rare, thick and juicy. Very pink in the center and dripping with goodness. On Thursday night, David's birthday, we went to a restaurant in Aruba...

Curaçao Home #1

Dec 1, 2020

We successfully made the trek form Aruba to Curaçao...albeit in two trips. The Divi Divi Airlines small prop plane only carried 30 or so passengers and had a very small space for luggage. They even reserved the first row for additional luggage! Two of our bags made it with us and the other two...

Goodbye Pure Diving Aruba 🙁

Nov 30, 2020

Today was a sad day as we had to say goodbye to Pure Diving Aruba. Well, all of Aruba really, but Pure made our stay supper enjoyable. Steve, Marcel and Marjolijn set us up from the beginning (in July) and guided us on months of boat and shore dives. Together, we saw lots of things none of us had...

Barefoot Restaurant

Nov 23, 2020

David and I enjoyed dinner under the stars at Barefoot Restaurant. It was a perfect night with a great selection of both appetizers and main course options. We are noticing the increase in tourists over the last couple of weeks - which is great news for Aruba. While David and I enjoyed the less...

Breakfast At The Beach

Nov 17, 2020

This morning we went over Eduardo's Beach Shack for a couple of their Smoothie Bowl creations. Leslie went with the Acai Bowl with berries, kiwi, pineapple, orange and granola. I went with a somewhat less healthier peanut butter and Nutella, but it also had some bananas and granola...so a little...

Taste My Aruba

Oct 30, 2020

One of the great things about Aruba is there are so many restaurants to choose from. David and I like to pick a nice restaurant about once a week so in late October, after scouring nearly a hundred online reviews, we decided to try Taste My Aruba. Like so many restaurants during the Covid...

Beatrix Airport!

Oct 27, 2020

Curacao is now open to visitors from Aruba (finally)!! We are keeping our fingers crossed that the Covid 19 positive numbers remain low in Aruba so that Curacao remains open until December 1 - our scheduled departure date. We stopped by the airport to speak with "Fly Divi" airlines to find out...

Voting From Aruba

Oct 16, 2020

Given the importance of this year's election and the unique circumstances of our retirement amidst the global pandemic, we voted by mail this year. It took almost three weeks to get the ballots, so we are using DHL express service to get those back in time. $70 in shipping costs is our small...

Out A Week

Oct 12, 2020

Unfortunately, I will be out a week as both my ears are infected. I got water in my left ear last week that would not clear. Taking a few days off seemed to do the trick, but a Saturday boat dive proved too much and minor pain started on Sunday. I visited Aruba Urgent Care on Monday and the doctor...

Mess of Iguanas

Oct 9, 2020

After breakfast, Leslie and I took a meandering scenic route back to the car winding our way along the piers and stores at the Renaissance Marketplace. The rear of the plaza ends near the water. Along the brick path sits a large swath of grass. Typically we see a few iguana there, but this morning...

Where In The World Are David & Leslie?

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