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    • TravelerJanuary 2024
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      Day 4

      Curaçao Liqueur

      January 9, 2024 in Curacao ⋅ 🌬 84 °F

      How did the island of Curaçao get its name? A popular theory suggests that Portuguese cartographers combined what the Spanish called it: “corazon” (meaning heart) along with Portuguese words for “heart” (coraçao) and “healing” (cura) after scurvy prone sailors who were miraculously cured after eating the island’s abundant fruit.

      A few years later, in the early 1500s, Spaniards introduced Valencia orange trees to Curaçao. Rather than flourish, the orange trees produced a small and bitter fruit rather than a tasty orange.

      Eager to make “lemonade” out of this experience, the islanders experimented until the found a way to take the dried peels of these oranges and create a tasty orange flavored liqueur.

      Locals called the drink “Laraha” but along the way, it became known as Curaçao. The traditional blue color is simply due to food coloring.

      There are now 10 different flavors of liqueur produced on the island of Curaçao. We sampled three of them after our distillery tour.

      After which, as I’d promised myself, I enjoyed a frozen coffee drink with a shot of coffee flavored Curaçao. Yum!      Read more

    • Curaçao
      Day 5

      Landhuis Chobolobo

      Yesterday in Curacao ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C

      Destilleerderij waar blue Curaçao wordt gemaakt. Ook hier kregen we een rondleiding. Geleerd dat de likeur gemaakt wordt van sinaasappelschillen, enkele specerijen en veel suiker. De likeur die wordt geproduceerd is kleurloos, de kleurtjes worden er aan toegevoegd omdat dat leuk staat. Alle kleurtjes smaken hetzelfde alleen de Blue Curaçao, de tamarinde en de chocolade smaken anders. Uiteraard mochten we dit na afloop van de tour proeven en daarna ook nog een cocktail drinken.Read more

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    • Curaçao
      Day 10

      Curacao Liqueur Distillery at Landhuis C

      January 23, 2020 in Curacao ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F

      When the Spaniards came to Curacao they brought Valencia orange plants with them. Unfortunately, the soil and environment morphed the tree into something completely different. The peel is green and the fruit inside is inedible ... even by iguanas who love fruit! In the late 1800’s a pharmacist and a businessman experimented to try to make something useful from the fruit. They discovered that although the fruit was worthless, the peel held potential. Fast forward to the renown liqueur that they produced, and is still hand crafted and created in the same still that they developed. Peels are put in burlap sacks along with cloves, cardamom, sugar, and water, more or less. The recipe is still secret. The burlap bag acts like a giant teabag, which is brewed in the distiller then hand bottled, corked, and labeled. We had samples and it was a big surprise! I was expecting a bitter, potent alcohol flavor that would gag you on the way down. Wrong. It was silky smooth and sweet, but not sickening sweet. The first picture shows the buildings on the grounds and the second shows the ersatz Valencia tree, now known as Laraha.Read more

    • TravelerPanama Canal
      Day 5

      Curacao

      February 27, 2020 in Curacao ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C

      Laranha oranges are wild oranges originating from the Spanish Valencia oranges that produce fruit twice a year. They are so bitter that even the goats won’t eat them but the Jewish Senior family, beginning in 1896, started using the rind, sugar, clove and cardamom to make blue Curaçao liqueur.

      They now make it in many other flavours like chocolate , coffee, rum and raisin, etc.

      Also visited a local cottage business started by a 10 year old girl and her mother who wanted more sending money for her family trip to Orlando. Now the whole family works at making lip balm, organic soaps and skin butters. The girl is now 17 sad finishing high school.

      Watched a folkloric dance and music performance. Very educational and beautiful. Even Vic got in on the action. If only I could have remembered how to use his video camera. Yes I realize now I should have just used my phone.

      Visited an aloe farm where they make shower gels and face creams. An aloe plant is ready for harvest after 2.5 years. You can also eat the gel And of course it has many healing properties. Our bus let us off downtown where we had a small gelato in place of lunch. 29*C and as long as you idle walk in the shade or catch a breeze it was comfortable. Got back to the ship by 4 pm to shower and have dinner. Went back out for the evening.

      The yacht moored across from our ship was a owned by Bill Gates’ business partner. He is wishing to sell it. It has a full sized helicopter, three power boats and at least six jet skis. Anyone interested?

      All aboard is at 10.      Read more

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    • TravelerCuraçao Adventure
      Day 11

      Island Driving and dancing

      January 28, 2023 in Curacao ⋅ 🌙 23 °C

      Saturday I slept in and had a relaxing morning and then I was all over the island. I went with Christel towards her CrossFit studio but got dropped off and did a walk instead. Then I took the car and explored Jan Kok area, saw the Yoga Festival and Flamingos 🦩, then went to Otrabanda to the cruise ship area and shopping (bought the traditional Christmas ornament), then groceries. It was nice to tour the island on my own (however… I haven’t been using data so lots of getting lost or turned around and trying to find my way).
      In the evening we went to a friend of Christel’s sister (Laura) to make t-shirts for the “jump in party” for Carnival…. Then off to the party to dance, wander and listen to music till 2am (Taki Tin).      Read more

    • TravelerCuraçao Adventure
      Day 30

      Week Two of Yoga

      February 16, 2023 in Curacao

      Second full week of classes. Things are going well, the business plan is complete and classes are filling. We got Momoyoga scheduling software for the classes and people are signing up and starting to purchase 10 class punch passes and single sessions. Christel is feeling the roller coaster ride of business.
      On Thursday we went to Avila Beach Resort to walk around (and look through the museum), then to Sweet & Blue (but the menu wasn’t great) so off to Ten. The “dress code” was above our yoga clothes but we went anyway and it was delicious!! I was going to the Pier to socialize with sailors but since Yin had 19 people the previous week, we decided that both of us should do the class — not as many showed, but still a nice evening.
      The weather here is great, and it rains once or twice a day (so far I haven’t got soaked in it), but it sounds and smells beautiful and only usually lasts for 5-10min.      Read more

    • D BrownCruising, Symphony of the Seas
      Day 2

      Curacao Tour

      March 28, 2024 in Curacao ⋅ ☁️ 86 °F

      For $20, a guided bus tour gives a chance to see some of the island highlights. One stop is at the birthplace of Curacao liquor, which surprisingly is made from an orange base. Out of the three (unlimited) samples.. Tamarind was my favorite.Read more

    • TravelerABC Inseln
      Day 14

      Unsere Unterkunft auf Curaçao

      September 27, 2024 in Curacao ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C

      Tolle Aussicht von der großen Terrasse, allerdings ist es hier etwas lauter als auf Aruba und Bonaire. Ist halt die Hauptstadt. Solange es mich nicht beim schlafen stört, ist alles gut. Wir werden sehen.

      In der Unterkunft musste erst einmal die Alarmanlage ausgeschaltet werden. Beinahe hätten wir die nicht rechtzeitig gefunden 🤣 ... anscheinend haben die hier auf Curaçao ein Einbruchproblem. Alle weiteren "Zugänge" und Mauern sind auch mit Stachelrolldraht umwickelt... 🤷‍♀️

      Die Wohnung ist super groß und toll ausgestattet. Etwas älter zwar, aber sauber und gut gepflegt.

      Nach dem 1. Kaffee schnell zum Supermarkt (Carrefour) und dann zurück auf unsere Terrasse den Sonnenuntergang genießen.      Read more

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    • TravelerMilo's Journey 2019
      Day 49

      Autonomie Monument

      April 4, 2019 in Curacao ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C

      The Autonomy Monument was designed by architect J. Fresco and was revealed by H.M. Queen Juliana of the Netherlands on 9 October 1955. It was designed for the occasion of the introduction of the “Statuut” (Charter) on 15 December 1954. The Netherlands Antilles with this leading legal document of the Kingdom became autonomous as to its internal affairs.Read more

    • Werner GötzDie Karibik, Aruba und Curacao
      Day 13

      Blue Curacao im Landhuis Chobolobo

      November 23, 2021 in Curacao ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C

      Von Fort Beekenburg haben wir uns zu einer Institution der Insel aufgemacht, zum Landhuis Chobolobo. In der ehemaligen Stadtvilla wird seit 1946 der weltbekannte Likör Blue Curacao von Senior & Co hergestellt, nach dem Originalrezept von 1896. Zum Einsatz kommt immer noch der über 100 Jahre alte Originalkessel. Der Likör entstand eigentlich aus einem Malheur. Wollten die Spanier einst doch Valencia-Orangen hier anbauen, heraus kamen aber nur schrumpelige, bittere Minifrüchte. Der Legende nach experimentierte später der alte Herr Senior mit den Früchten herum und er begann aus den harten Schalen Alkohol herzustellen. Irgendwann kam ein schmackhafter, farbloser Orangenlikör heraus. Durch eine Reaktion mit dem Kupferkessel entstand aber auch ein mal ein blau gefärbter Likör. Das gefiel dem Herrn Senior, also fügte er fortan blaue Lebensmittelfarbe hinzu.
      In dem Landhuis Chobolobo kann man kostenfrei eine Führung mitmachen und darf drei Likörvarianten probieren. Und natürlich hinterher im Shop auch kaufen. Haben wir. Den mit Schokolade. Denn den originalen Blue Curacao nach dem alten Rezept gibt es nur hier, er lässt sich auch online nicht erwerben. Man kann ihn aber auch in einem angeschlossenen Kaffee (oder ist es eine Bar?) gleich genießen, etwa pur, als Drink oder versteckt im Kaffee. Wie wir.      Read more

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