At 7 a.m., swimming at Daaibooi, beautiful morning, beautiful bay, probably my last swim here for now.
The phone rings at home: Magalie. Can I help at 9 a.m.? Sure… I had offered. We head to Napa, Magalie, her grandson in the back, and me. Practising Papiamento, because Magalie wants me to speak Papiamento all the time. It’s not as bad as I thought, her Dutch is good. So I can throw in a Dutch word now and then.
I ask Magalie if she knows which battery. She doesn’t know exactly. So… on the way there, we stop by Janus, who knows exactly which battery we need. We chat for a while and then head to Napa. The battery is already there, at the leftmost counter, with Carlito, as Janus had told us.
It’s done in no time. I buy another litre of oil.
On the way back, we stop at Esperamos for a bag of siboyo.
Then we go to Tera Cora, the panaderia. I buy some pan dushi for Mama Irma and for Mem, for Magalie and her grandchildren, and for Norma and Stella.
We have a cup of coffee there.
Then we go home.
Tidying up and… at 2.30 p.m. to Hato. Thelma drives past her house to show it to us. It’s an apartment in Sun Valley.
At 3.30 p.m. we arrive at Hato and check in very quickly, with electronic passport control.
We go to the lounge and leave for Amsterdam earlier than expected.
Ayo Curaçao, te awero!