Happy Birthday To Us

 

As many of you know, December is Birthday month for both Rick and I.  We try and do something special for each other because many times birthdays get lost in Christmas.  This year Rick took me on a sunset-sushi boat ride. 

We boarded the boat along with 10 Dutch speaking tourists ( who also spoke English). They were all very excited to talk to us about moving to and living on Bonaire.  So we became the entertainment for the boat by talking about our experiences.  We met the CEO for Kooyman ( our version of Home Depot) which is a chain throughout the Caribbean and in the Netherlands.  There were attorneys, an electrician, a nurse, young couples, and older couples which made it a delightful evening of drinking Cava discussing island life and eating sushi.

The boat was decorated for Christmas. A pair of moose antlers were at the bow. Nothing like a moose-antler silhouette at sunset on our evening cruise.

It's always amusing to me how the islanders decorate for Christmas.  They have penguins, snowmen, Santa Clauses, reindeer, sleds and everything cold weather places have minus the snow. They could just decorate the palm trees and call it good.

The next day, Rick's Birthday, we flew to the Dominican Republic (DR) for Christmas week. It is just a one hour flight from Bonaire and the home to some of the best rum in the Caribbean. We spent a day in Santo Domingo which is the capital city and I think one of the oldest towns in the Caribbean.  This is  the night view from our hotel. 

We traveled with our friends, the Shelton's, to the DR. It was a perfect combination of sunshine, beaches, good friends and RUM.

Read all about our trip in the "Christmas Trip" blog...coming soon