We took a break from winter and flew down to Aruba for a week. Angela and Gillian were on their Reading Week and Claudia had a short week due to Family Day. We flew out of Toronto on Saturday morning.

Waiting for the bus to the terminal.

Immigrations was busy, Claudia was 3 months shy of us being able to use the self serve lanes. Made it through and found our luggage and our bus to the resort.

We spent the week at the Tamarijn Aruba Resort.

The girls ready to hit the beach.

Our rooms were on the second floor, we were in the rooms 3rd and 4th from the left.

Sunsets were spectacular every night.

We didn’t spend any time at the pool.

Every night they had something going in the main area, however it also coincided with the regular evening rain showers.

On Tuesday we headed into Oranjestad for some shopping.

There were two cruise ships in port that day.

Tuesday nights entertainment was a Carnival show, since it rained they moved it into the lobby.

Us sitting under our palapa.

A double rainbow after one of the early morning showers.

The main lobby area after another morning shower.

A couple of guys repairing one of the palapa.

The evening sky.

The buffet food was pretty good, we ate at four of the a la carte restaurants. The last night was at the Palm Grill.

We picked two mains (i.e. chicken, shrimp, beef, salmon) and there were veggies, rice and fries.

The last couple of days had some big waves.

Our flight departed at 17:05, our bus pickup was 14:15. A few pictures while waiting for the bus.

Check-in, immigration and security were very busy on the way out. It was an uneventful flight back to Toronto, customs wasn’t that bad when we landed, and it didn’t feel that cold when we stepped out of the terminal.

It was a good week, even after the early hospital visit by Angela, Susan and Gillian. Temperatures were a steady 28°C during the day and a cool 26°C in the evenings. It rained every day, often for a couple of minutes at a time. In the evening it would rain for at least 5 minutes, and overnight it would last a little longer. The consensus was that we would go back.