Bon dia everyone, It has been a while and a lot happened! Last days of January/first days of February - Panama On a Thursday evening, just a few hours before I had to board the bus to Panama City I got an injury at my ankle. I was playing volleyball and jumped to block a guy smashing from the other side. His feet crossed under the net and I landed with my left foot on his foot. I couldn’t walk the moment that happened, I had to sit down for a few minutes. My ankle got swollen and was hurting quite [View Full Entry]

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I helmed a boat in celebrity match races during the Curacao Heineken Regatta. Our good friend Gayle sailed with us from Curacao to Aruba, Bonaire and Puerto Rico. [View Full Entry]

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After our time in Aruba, we were ready for more antics in Curacao. It didn’t end up being as amazing of a day, but it was still pretty nice. Nicole, Steph, Katelyn, and I ate lunch at a nice little restaurant overlooking the water. It was so relaxing watching the sailboats and parasailers out on the ocean. We then walked around town, visiting some stores and eventually meeting up with Jimy for smoothies at a little street café. It was then time for more shops, a short visit to a playground, then got another sweet fix with some ice cream - [View Full Entry]

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Though Grace and I had already planned a trip to visit South Florida, Grace found a great deal to spend a few days in the island of Curacao that left from Miami. Both of us had never done an island vacation before, so we were both excited to give it a try and see how we liked it. Instead of the usual hustle of going from museum to museum or watching a baseball game or finding a new place to eat, we were going to try and do nothing at all. Just hang out on the beach. We stayed four nights [View Full Entry]

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Hello everyone, I have actually been home for almost a week now but I thought I would tell you briefly about my final days in Curacao. I have to admit getting used to the incredible mounds of snow back here in Toronto after enjoying the sunshine in Curacao;however I have had the best time this week celebrating my 30th birthday-many of you in town came to my party hat party on Saturday and it was great to see you there. Any way... here are some final stories about Curacao. On Sunday I went with my friend Amarelys to sing at her [View Full Entry]

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Enjoy these photos! [View Full Entry]

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Saturday, February 2, 2008 We're in route to Curacao after an excellent start with American Airlines. I was checked in separately from Alex due to my confirmation not pulling up in their system. Found out the hard way that they charge a flat $50 for anything over 50 pounds. Completely forgetting I packed an 8 pound laptop in my bag, I came in five pounds to heavy and couldn't transfer weight to our other bag since his was already checked in. I suppose now I know at least... Random Thoughts on the Plane - as this is my journal after all...[/i [View Full Entry]

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Happy Groundhog Day everyone! Not sure whether or not Wiarton Willie saw his shadow or not but hope you are all well in reading this blog. I hate to talk about the sunny days in Curacao but there have been many here when I know many of you have been digging yourselves out of your driveways filled with snow! Every day the sun shines here in Curacao and the skies are blue with white puffy clouds with only occasional rain! (that only really lasts for 10 minutes). Over this past week I have spent a lot of time reading, roaming around [View Full Entry]

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Bon tarde! Hello everyone, I hope that you have been receiving some of the sunshine I have been sending up north! Today the temperature was 29C and there was just a little rain shower in the afternoon. This past weekend I spent most of my time visiting with my friend Amarelys. We went on a drive out to Caracasbaai and saw all the very expensive homes right on the waterside. We climbed up into an old tower that was used as a fortification by the Dutch against the Spaniards. We wandered down town in Willemstad and checked out the sales in [View Full Entry]

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Hey everyone, Ok so the true is, I didn't eat a whole iguana but I did get to try some today. It tastes like chicken really with a whole lot of bones. As they say, you only live once! Today Elizabeth and I went on a fantastic bus trip all over the island. Of course, Elizabeth is from here but went to places she has never been to before. Here are some of the things I learned today! They are in no particular order 1) It is not a strange occurence to see a man walking down the street carrying 4 [View Full Entry]

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