First Guests

We had our first guests for dinner. The government lifted the quarantine from Level 6 down to Level 5.  So we were sort-of allowed to fraternize.

Two years ago we rented Jan and Steve's house while visiting Bonaire.  We loved the layout of the house, the position of the house on the lot and the swimming pool.  We wanted something similar.

It just so happened that the house adjacent to Jan and Steve's was for sale.  It was the house we bought.  

Steve and Jan (also expats) moved into their house full-time, three days after we left the vacation rental. Steve and I had stayed in touch throughout the last year.  He would keep us apprised of the island opening, weather conditions and general activity around the neighborhood.

Once we arrived on the island, we invited Jan and Steve over to see the house.  The neighbors had never been here because the previous owners kept to themselves. 

Jan is a gardener.  She has supplied me with cuttings from her garden. She and I take walks together and evaluate other neighbors yards and learn about native plants.  Sometimes we even take cuttings from the neighbors plants.  Jan also digs up plants in the open space.

We all had such a good time after several bottles of wine that we had to take a selfie to remember the event.