How are Rinse and Francine doing on Bonaire now? – I leave

How are Rinse and Francine doing on Bonaire now? – I leave
How are Rinse and Francine doing on Bonaire now? – I leave
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In Ik Departure XL we follow the adventure of Marja, Hans, Renzo, Wim and Ada in Italy and Francine, Rinse, Jan, Fabienne, Oscar and Vanessa on Bonaire. They want to build holiday apartments from scratch on the Caribbean island. Have their dreams come true?

Update Rinse and Francine

Physically and mentally, things are going well. Francine had been a little overworked recently, so she took it easy. We are still looking forward to it on Bonaire. Following the episodes, we have fans on the island. Yesterday Francine was at the supermarket and a man came up to her: ‘My wife is a big fan of yours’, asking if he could take a picture with her. The attention we have received through our participation in Ik Departure XL has brought us a lot of new energy!

Eventually it will work on Bonaire

Rinse and Francine

We do find it difficult that everything went differently than expected. We would have liked to be much further ahead at this point. Around us we see certain buildings that are already completely finished. When we look at our own situation, we see that we are far from where we want to be.

On the other hand, we still like the island itself and we are firmly convinced that we will eventually succeed on Bonaire. Everyone on the island sympathizes with us, so Bonaire itself is certainly not the cause! Life is good, we experience a lot of freedom and generally nice weather. Unfortunately not at the moment, the rainy season has arrived and since we don’t have a roof, there is also water on our floor…

Follow your own intuition

The wall is almost finished, construction on the house is still at a standstill. Last week, Vanessa finally responded to the questions posed by the judge. We are amazed at the responses she has given. We don’t agree with this at all and are surprised and irritated that she is so twisting the truth. Hopefully the lawsuit will start soon.

We’re glad we didn’t go ahead with the roof repair or hire someone to fix it. Since we want to wait for the lawsuit first. We have listened carefully to our gut.

A lot of stress and a lot learned

Looking back on our adventure, we would most definitely do it again. Only we would approach everything much more businesslike. For example, we would arrange the materials ourselves and only pay for the labor worked. We had hoped for a quieter life on Bonaire and in the end this project gave us a lot of stress. We think Bonaire itself is a pleasant island, so that’s why we would definitely take on the adventure again.

The future looks bright! We hope to finally finish our dream project and then enjoy everything we’ve been looking forward to. We eventually want to see the other islands, take a cruise and really enjoy life. Our sons Jan and Jelle are also doing well. Jan is very busy and Jelle just called to have a nice chat.

The article is in Dutch

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