Aruba - Renaissance Resort & Casino

About six weeks ago, staff at my office got an email from the managers requesting that we submit our requests for summer vacation.  So, Curt and I got busy looking at options for travel this summer.  We started out looking at golf vacations in Virginia and then some how ended up booking a week in Aruba?!?  I'm not really sure how we went from one to the other, but I'm glad we ended up in Oranjestad!

This vacation was through our time share - we exchanged our week in Florida for this week in Aruba; we stayed at a Marriott property called 'Renaissance Aruba Resort & Casino'.  There are actually two separate resorts, the Marina Hotel which is adults only, and then the Ocean Suites which is family friendly.  We stayed at the Ocean Suites, and LOVED it!

Marina Hotel at dusk...

 The entrance of Ocean Suites...

I didn't take a single picture of our room because, although it was nice, it was nothing special.  It was basic, but had everything we needed - bedroom (with a super comfy king bed), bathroom, living room and small kitchenette.  We always enjoy having the option of a kitchenette - on this trip, we bought snacks and breakfast food.

Here is a picture of a room similar to ours, courtesy of the website...

http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/auabr-renaissance-aruba-resort-and-casino/

We weren't too concerned about the room though because we didn't spend a lot of time inside, the weather was beautiful all week, so we spent A LOT of time just lounging around to pool.

And now for a whole bunch of random pictures from our pool time...

Ahhhh, relaxing at it's finest!

Curt enjoyed his time around the pool too!

 When I wasn't in the pool, I was reading - I finished two books during the week.

 And when Curt wasn't in the pool, he was playing games on the tablet.

Just beside the pool was this lagoon area, it was the perfect way to enjoy swimming in the ocean! 

The pool bar had 'Happy Hour' from 4-6pm daily (drinks were 2 for 1), and Curt was a team player and drank tropicolada's with me :) 

Like I said, those were all really random and in no particular order...but, I had a lot of pictures from around the pool because of the amount of time we spent there!  No doubt this was also a little boring to read, and the pictures weren't all that interesting either...I hope the rest of my posts about Aruba will be more interesting?!?