Curacao

I'm sorry the photos are not in the right order(I don't know really how to do that!)!

We arrived during a really heavy rainstorm that took all the electricity over the whole island for more than 12 hours. The roads where flooded so the taxi had big problems - very exciting - the Storbrua's loved it! Expecially when we arrived at the hotel and met this hysterical American lady at the lobby screaming "My room is all dark, I'm a paying guest here, you have to do something about it!!" We were laughing and had white wine and peanuts for dinner!!

Willemstad by night. Curacao was discovered by the Spanish in 1499, but is a part of the Dutch Antilles now and looks very much like Amsterdam.
The cool beach buggy we rented!
We discovered very fast that the hotel was no place for us. Even though we thought that a fancy Marriott resort should be fun for the kids and have lots of activities, we realised that they were the ONLY kids, we were the ONLY ones under 70 that were not honey-mooners, and I think we were the only ones that could walk without a stick or a walking-chair. So we rented this cool thing that made a lot of noice and DID the island :-)

Dinner time!


My cool family!

Relaxing in the shade!


Inside the ice-cream car :-)

The water looks ok?? But it was "only" 28 degrees............

Fun to play with dad!

February 5th; Cathrine 29 years old

We had dinner in a very nice French restaurant by the seaside; Le Bistro Clochard.

And of course some fancy drinks!

The present from the family was a day trip with a 54 foot catamaran to Kleine Curacao, a deserted island 2 hours sailing away. We were snorkling and had barbeque.

Massage on the beach (the day before) was also part of the present!

The Storbruas in paradise!

Relaxing on the boat.

This is the view from our balcony. It's ok isn't it?

WHY did I think of you, Cathy, when I saw this sign on the beach?????

Really nice lobby at the hotel.

I have actually never stayed at such a luxury place before (because I don't have an employer who pays for it!!) so I enjoyed it a lot. It's quite easy to get used to it...........

Willemstad

The private beach at Marriott.

Conclusion; it was beautiful and a paradise - BUT; it's very very very expensive. It's irritating that they charge just as much as they want because people who go there are old and rich. Sondre wanted to swim with dolphins. For all of us for one hour would cost 700 dollars (5250 kroner) which is abolutely insane. Food and drinks were more expensive than in Norway. We tried to enjoy as much as we could but when everyone rips you off, it feels frustrating.

So next time we go; we will be at least 70 years old and have so much money that we don't bother to count them :-)
Or go somewhere else.........................