New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve produced a very rainy morning, so we hunkered down in our suite and read, wrote, and watched TV.  The afternoon brought better weather.  We went to restaurant that was close by for supper and had plans to go to the highrise district for the evening but discovered the buses quit running around 6:30pm, so that idea was scrapped!  We wondered around the quiet streets of Oranjestad looking for some place to go for a drink with little luck.  Finally, we discovered a restaurant called El Gaucho, which was fully booked with dinner reservations, but they had room for us at the bar.  We had a glass of wine, people watched, and witnessed people having a difficult time getting a cab when their dinner was over and they wanted to leave!  We were so glad we decided to stay close to home, being able to walk wherever, and whenever we chose.  We also stopped at another busy restaurant for dessert!  The rocket/firecracker noise has been going on all evening and ramped up as midnight drew closer.  The fireworks started around 11:30pm and it was an unbelievable sight.  No matter where you looked in the sky the brilliant spray of a firework was being displayed!!  It was continuous for about an hour in all directions, then slowly ended!  Wow!  What a way for 2016 to end!

                                          NYE dinner