final de dia 25, dia 26, dia 27…

… you get the idea…I’m throwing all the pictures in to one blog posting.  At this rate, it’ll be the 4th of July before I finish otherwise.

At the end of our first day, we went to one of these ‘shacks’ called “lolos” for dinner in Grand Case.  Basically they are little stalls lined up side by side where you sit at picnic tables and eat wonderful Caribbean cuisine – yum yum.  All this and you’re right beside the water listening to some live music.  Doesn’t get much better.

Here we’ve created a monster – an ice cream monster.  There was a lovely little French restaurant across from the Lolos in Grand Case that also served homemade ice cream to pedestrians walking by.  Eating ice cream became a very regular habit I’m sad to report.

DIA 26

Not a great shot of the girl, but one of only 3 pictures of me at the beach.

The next day, after a morning on the beach, we traveled to the town of Marigot for lunch and some sightseeing.  Marigot is the port from which you can catch ferries to St. Barths, Saba, and various other islands in the Caribbean.  Sadly, what with a 2 1/2 year old, we were unable to go on one of those adventures.  Next time, though, next time.

 checking out the menu of the day.

 

emilia loved walking down all the various piers on the island with Marcus and talking about all the boats they saw.

boat counting.

DIA 27

sign on our beach – no loose dogs, no nudists, no picnics.

So, St. Martin is a European island – half Dutch and half French and those Europeans certainly do love to sunbathe naked.  Our beach was apparently at “topless optional” beach which I always find hysterical because, quite honestly, the people who opt to go topless really should opt not to.  There was a nudist beach further down from us so we would see them on their daily strolls.  One can only hope they were using lots and LOTS of sunscreen.  Emilia, of course, didn’t even notice.

on this particular morning Marcus decided to join Emi and I on our early morning walk.

i love how she holds her hands.

oh A we can’t thank you enough for the portable DVD player.  what a lifesaver.  if only we had successfully charged the battery on it before our trip home (oops!)

another pier, more boats to count.

DIA 28

running on the beach.

emilia was pretty good about taking her naps in the condo without much of an issue.  this particular afternoon however she was just not interested, so we popped her in the car and of course she was sound asleep before we even got out of the complex.

our rental car – we wanted something a bit bigger but thank goodness we didn’t get it because the roads were all two lanes and TINY!

marcus scoring us some mangos from a roadside vendor… omg they were SOOO good.

who won’t wake up for some ice cream?

DIA 29

The day we left we had an afternoon flight which meant we had plenty of time to spend on the beach in the morning.

  in addition to their daily games of “gol” (aka soccer), emilia loved having races with her papa.  surprisingly, she won every time. 

 

goodbye st. martin – we will definitely be back!