I want to say we spent a weekend on Curaçao, but really it was the weekday equivalent of a weekend, 3D/2N of bliss in amazing weather with family.
We stayed at the Renaissance hotel, one of the newer hotels in Willemstad. The rooms were new-ish, modern-ish and comfortable. We never got a chance to eat there, so we cannot comment on F&B. The gym was small and since I do not like using the gym, the only times I went there was to fill my water bottle.
The reason for the trip was a wedding. Lingon's lovely cousin was getting married. There was lots of family time, and we really had a fabulous experience with all the love that we were surrounded in. There was a civil wedding that took place in a government building, followed by a dinner at the Restaurant & Café De Gouverneur, which served good Dutch and Antillean food. The restaurant has a beautiful view of the canal and pretty colourful buildings that Curacao is well-known for. Yup, that was my view, could not be any better.
There were a few beach areas. The one we went to was called Mambo. It was well built out, with restaurants, bars, shops, etc. Here are some funny signs we saw around.
Here is the door of the synagogue that Lingon tells me his family founded (or something). Pretty cool!
One of the restaurants we visited was called Sjalotte Restaurant in the Floris Hotel. We needed to drive there from Willemstad. I was very impressed by the presentation and quality of the food. It was a most memorable meal, dining outdoors in the perfect night time weather. The dessert plates came decorated with chocolate flowers. At first we thought the plates were designed as such, but realized that they were actually each individually hand designed.
Good family, good friends, good times!
We stayed at the Renaissance hotel, one of the newer hotels in Willemstad. The rooms were new-ish, modern-ish and comfortable. We never got a chance to eat there, so we cannot comment on F&B. The gym was small and since I do not like using the gym, the only times I went there was to fill my water bottle.
The reason for the trip was a wedding. Lingon's lovely cousin was getting married. There was lots of family time, and we really had a fabulous experience with all the love that we were surrounded in. There was a civil wedding that took place in a government building, followed by a dinner at the Restaurant & Café De Gouverneur, which served good Dutch and Antillean food. The restaurant has a beautiful view of the canal and pretty colourful buildings that Curacao is well-known for. Yup, that was my view, could not be any better.
There were a few beach areas. The one we went to was called Mambo. It was well built out, with restaurants, bars, shops, etc. Here are some funny signs we saw around.
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| Hmmm now if only I knew what trouwringen was, I might custom make one. |
Here is the door of the synagogue that Lingon tells me his family founded (or something). Pretty cool!
One of the restaurants we visited was called Sjalotte Restaurant in the Floris Hotel. We needed to drive there from Willemstad. I was very impressed by the presentation and quality of the food. It was a most memorable meal, dining outdoors in the perfect night time weather. The dessert plates came decorated with chocolate flowers. At first we thought the plates were designed as such, but realized that they were actually each individually hand designed.
Good family, good friends, good times!
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