Year of the tiger-lilly

Thank you, for your comments on Vacation: Week 1. I like the feeling of having an audience to interact with, it makes it less so that I’m just writing for my own pleasure and entertainment.

Week 2 has passed and has still been a sunny 33 degrees here on my beautiful home island. I’m actually going to miss the searing debilitating heat once I get back to Holland. Holland, where summer doesn’t necessarily mean summer dresses, BBQ and beach parties — I actually saw a photo of my mother-in-law back in Holland wearing a jacket (brr).

Okay, back to the quick summery of the past 7 days. So, I’ve completely made a 180 since, my menstrual meltdown (I heart over-sharing). Since my last blog BF and I went on a tour of the island, rented a jet ski, watched Prince of Persia and Iron Man 2. My dad knew “a guy” so the tour was free, but what they say is not true, the best things in life aren’t free. I’m not going to “look a given horse in the mouth”, but I was slightly disappointed by how little the tour guide could actually tell us about the monuments and sights we were visiting. Mind you, this was probably not a professional, I’m sure that there are many other tours which are more extensive and provide more information. We also went to a Folkloric Festival. You could buy a plate of authentic Aruban food for just 6,50 dollars and entrance was only 3 dollars. So I guess some people just showed up for the cheap dinner, because many people got up and left before the show was over. It could have also been because the entertainment was slightly repetitive, amateurish and chaotic. Gosh, have I become so critical because I’ve lived in Holland? I don’t know. Somehow, almost everything I used to love about this island disappoints me.

Moving on to something that’s really exciting: BF and I are going  to start a web-shop. We’re both confident we have a good idea, and until we’ve really worked out everything and have all our ducks in a row I’m going to have to keep it under wraps. We’ve been so busy working it out that we haven’t really done much vacationy — if that’s even a word — things. However, BF is here for another week, so I’ll make sure that it’s not all work and more play. Will keep you guys up to date.

Please check out BF’s blog. He won’t let me add him in the tags.

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