Finally, after Idul Fitri and Mudik (when people travel home for the holidays) when covid cases didn't spike in Jakarta, we finally got to have some expat fun like the old days! The Dutch ball was first up with an absolutely amazing Roaring 20's night at Cafe Batavia.
Jenny hosted the party car on the way to the event and we were already having a lot of fun on the road. Since several husbands were traveling, we made this a girls night and our group kept growing. We finally ended up with two tables to accommodate our 16 lovely ladies.
Cafe Batavia is one of the original Dutch colonial buildings in Kota Tua (Old Town). It's been around since the 1830's and I was so excited to finally visit. It was the perfect place for our night.
Our wonderful group of fun ladies!
Dinner was served upstairs and it was impressive. We ate for hours!
The tables were gorgeous but maybe a bit hard to talk across??
We had a silent and live auction, raffle prizes, and fun at the photo booth, then the party moved back downstairs for us to dance off all the food we ate!
It has been 2 years since we had anything even close to this! A dance floor full of people letting loose and enjoying the moment.
When our tired feet couldn't dance any more, we finally walked back out to the car and naturally had to stop so Alice could pet the cat she found.
These streets were packed when we arrived but clearly there is still some sort of curfew because it was scary empty when we left. We still managed to attract attention as we navigated the cobblestones in high heels.
The survivors! I can't remember the last time I got home past 1am...it was a much-needed fun night out on the town and a step back towards normalcy.
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