My first visitors!!!!

17 juli 2019 - Oranjestad, Aruba

I wrote in my last blog that my first visitors were coming. It was time! I was really looking forward to that. The life here is great and the work not bad but still, nothing better then that you can share that with some good friends. Evelyne was not coming alone but she brought a friend, Marcel. I didn't really know him but who am I telling him not to come. Then she also would have had someone to hang out with wenn I was working. After a few days Petra would join for a week to.

The day before they came we went bowling and just dnow I noticed that I don't even have a picture of the score... let's just tell that I wasn't first but it was close. Definitely in the top 10!

I have to admit that I was a little bit nervous because I wanted them to have a good time here and I didn't want them to get bored. So In the first hours I told them what they could do and I had send them a list. But soon I figured out that I didn't had to worry at all, they're easy as sunday morning! Later that week they told me that now I was way more relaxed then when I picked them up. I hadn't even noticed...

So what did we do..... FIRST!!!! Getting a drink and celebrate that they were here of course and we went to the beach. After sunset we went into the sea and I found the water a bit chill, they had to laugh at me because comparing to the Thunersee (lake in Switserland) the water was pretty warm.

That we have done a lot, going to the beach for a swim , a drink, do some snorkling, relaxing or have a look if the turtels were coming out. After a few days they had to admit that it didnt't feel as warm as at the beginning. They got use to it.

They were staying at a hotel that had a poolbar... yes that's correct, a bar and a pool in one! Genius idea! So we have spend some time in there during those weeks.

On friday we had a bbq at Quality. I was going to get some beer out of the freezer from Pascal to make sure that they didn't got frozen. When I put the keys in the lock and opened the door, I figured out that I walked into the wrong apartment because three strangers were staring at me. After a few seconds of staring I said... well I was going to get some beer out of the freezer... but I think I'm in the wrong apartment. They had to laugh and said that I could have a look but that they didn't had any beers. So I told that we could arrange that and I went to the right apartment, got some beers, went back and had a beer with them. I invited them to the BBQ but they rather stayed at home but one of them joined us for a drink on sunday evening. 

Every day we stood up early, they to do stuff and me to join or working. Don't wasting any time! So it wasn't a surprise that from all the walking/swimming/drinking that at the end of the day they were tired. But Marcel was quit of a die-hard so he stayed a few times longer. That was a good thing because I got to know him better what made the week even more awesome. And because he has his diving license we did that to while the girls went shopping.

I haven’t been that many times to the beach or into the sea then in those two weeks. I even got a little tan! It was really good fun and we had an awesome time. I didn’t look forward for them to leave and even was a bit sad when they had to. But Evelyne had made me a photo album from our roommate time that she gave to me in the first week, so I can always have a look at that! I love the album already!! Thanks EVI!! You're the best!

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