Our weekend in St. Maartin

Hello Everyone.

I am back to blogging and feeling better! It took a few days but I feel that my energy along with my spirits are back to normal.


We had a wonderful and relaxing weekend in St. Maartin. We spent it in Ft. Louis marina which we will leave tomorrow afternoon or Tuesday morning for St. Barthes.

Friday day Walid spent a lot of the day working on the boat. I found a great path up to the fort on the top of the island so I ran up and down the hill for a while to get my exercise. I explored the city in the afternoon and ran some errands. Friday night we had dinner at a french cafe on the water in Marina Royale in Marigot.

Saturday we spent the morning emailing and doing some (online) Christmas shopping for our families back home. In the afternoon we tried to dinghy to a beach that was near our marina but the surf was too rough to safely get the dinghy pulled out on the beach and there was no dinghy dock. Saturday night we had dinner inland at a great restaurant called the Tree Lounge.





As you can see it is surrounded by forest and has the feeling of being in a tree house. We spent a few hours sharing tapas before heading home.


Today we are trying to decide what to do. It is partly cloudy and rain showers have been passing through all morning. We have to get to the grocery store at some point and have also been wanting to go hiking along the coast.

We are having a great time in St. Maartin. We saw a big sea turtle on Friday swimming around in the marina. Yesterday as Walid was driving the dinghy I saw a baby sea turtle but it was gone by the time we turned around. We are feeling very positive about our trip and are having the time of our lives. We have fallen into a nice routine and coexistence and have even been getting along great!!

Over the next month in a half we are going to push through the carribbean to get to South America where we will explore inland a bit. We are both missing the cool weather and would love to do a little mountain climbing or hiking. We've tossed around climbing in Boliva or hiking the Inca trail in Peru. We are sitting down tonight to make a tentative schedule.

We are off to enjoy our Sunday and are hoping that you've all had a fabulous weekend!