Curacao Adventure
December 2013
We went on our first ever trip to the Carribean this winter. My parents very generously took us as well as my sister Gretchen and her husband Gus. Curacao is a very interesting place, just off the coast of South America. I had no idea, for example, that it houses the oldest Jewish synagogue in the Western Hemisphere. The blue liqueur named for this place was developed hundreds of years ago by a family of Marranos. Curacao represents an eclectic mix of cultures. Although because it is officially part of the Dutch Kingdom the official language is Dutch, the local spoken language is called papiamentu and is a mix of Dutch, English, Spanish, Portuguese, and African and Native dialects. Click any picture to enlarge it.
