28/05/2026
Recently I shared what I loved about 10 weeks in Curaçao 🇨🇼☀️
Today — what I couldn’t wait to get back to 👀
And yes… one of these surprised me too.
1️⃣ The energy of Amsterdam, Paris, London 🌆✨
Curaçao is warm and beautiful in every sense — but sometimes a little too Dushi for me 🌴💛
I realized I actually like the busy.
The hum of a city where things are always happening, where creatives and entrepreneurs come together to exchange ideas ☕🧠
I missed it more than I expected.
2️⃣ Colder temperatures 🌧️🚲🌷
Dutch weather has a terrible reputation and I genuinely missed it 😂
The tulips, cycling in the rain, cool summer mornings.
It rained 3 times during our stay in Curaçao and I LOVED it ☔
Also — with constant 30 degree weather, I noticed my productivity dipped 🌡️
Apparently I function best at around 20–22 degrees 😅
3️⃣ My bike 🚲
I drove around 2 hours a day in Curaçao — school runs, meetings, dinners.
Coming from Amsterdam that felt borderline absurd 😅
Dutch cycling culture is honestly one of the most underrated quality-of-life things in the world 🇳🇱✨
And I completely took it for granted.
4️⃣ My community 🤍
I’ve lived in Beijing, San Francisco, Singapore, Amsterdam and more 🌍
So I know what it costs to rebuild a network every time.
In Curaçao we leaned deeply into family, which was amazing 👨👩👧👦
But I missed my people. My community. My creative ecosystem. I am incredible grateful for curacao and grateful for my home in Europe. Thus I cannot wait to see many of you in Paris in September- link in bio. Almost sold - out.