Home for Christmas – for the First Time in Ten Years!
December 21, 2009
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It’s only a few days before Christmas. The malls are slammed, parking lots overflowing. We kept being surprised at the line ups at all the stores. We didn’t remember dealing with this in years past. That’s when it hit us – we haven’t been home for Christmas in
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Orient Bay, St Martin – Overcrowded beach chaos
March 31, 2008
Orient Bay looked much better from farther awayOrient Bay, St MartinOne of the stops on our tour of the island was Orient Beach, a popular beach along the “French Riviera” of St Martin.…
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March 31, 2008
This came as a very big surprise to us – it turns out that as of 2008, US dollars and Euros are taken at par in St. Martin/Sint Maarten. Of course, this made for a 30% discount for everything with US Dollars.…
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