Last day in St. Martin - well, partial at least. It’s Mother’s Day today, and I feel bad that we’re spending with neither mine nor SQ’s. We had to be out of the room by 10am but our flight wasn’t due to leave until around 4pm. After asking for a late checkout [...]
We don’t have much time out today since the wedding is at 4:30pm. I decided I really wanted a ‘C’est La Vie’ T-shirt so I talked SQ into ‘zipping back to Philipsburg.’ No small feat normally. We stopped at Zee Best in Simpson Bay for breakfast - wow, incredibly yummy!! SQ [...]
We stopped for breakfast this morning at a very charming place called Sarafina in Marigot. They have an onsite bakery and the pastries were outstanding. The staff weren’t quite as smiley as in other places, but they all wear these cute little outfits and straw hats that make them look like they should [...]
Slept in a bit today, then headed into Marigot to do some shopping. We were both a bit burned from yesterday (I was even under an umbrella all day!) and needed to give the beach a rest. After two days of being lazy in a chair I needed to do something. We [...]
We drove into Marigot this morning in search of breakfast. I was tired of eating granola breakfast bars, but food here is very expensive and you could easily blow $50 by lunchtime. We wanted to eat at Zee Best, which has a branch on Simpson Bay and one I saw passing by in [...]
We planned to go to Islet Pinel, a tiny island visible from Orient Beach, on the French side. It was a bit cloudy in the morning, we were hoping it wouldn’t rain. We left the condo around 10am, needed to get to an ATM for cash, but were told there are none on [...]
We got a late start out today, on purpose - there’s only so much shopping you can do in the Caribbean (yes, I know this is contrary to what any woman reading this is thinking). We had a dinner reservation in town, didn’t want to drive all the way back to the resort [...]
Slept in a bit today, then we took off for the Old House/Rum Museum, which is on the French side in the Mont Vernon area. We drove all the way over and they weren’t open - a potential downside to visiting in low season. Two dogs on the property chased our car around [...]
I woke up late this morning because I set my alarm clock incorrectly…for those who know me, this is NOT normal. I was left with one hour to get ready and finish packing - STRESS!! But it’s like Christmas, it’s been 14 years since hubby (SQ) and I have been to St Martin. [...]
One of the cool things about doing this is being able to express our own opinions, particularly when we disagree. It’s like the movie critic that everyone loves to hate, yet they continue to listen. My guess is that Willy and I and Syd will generally agree on most of our experiences, but there’s enough [...]