saint martin III - final entry

journal entry from 1/18/08

the fresh market was not all we had hoped - the produce and fish all left something to be desired. the whirl of people in and out of stands selling all kinds of "island-wear" and paintings, and jewelry, and trinkets was a sight to take in! a buzz of chatter was all around.

nathan went with gran and pappy for a little while at the market. we caugt up with them after richard and i were through - we found them resting, afterall it is hard to sit in that stroller for too long!

after the market we went to "fort louis" which was built in 1767 to protect the settlement at marigot (the town the market was in) from foreign invaders. marigot was the major port for the island and we frequetnly being attacked. the plans were sent over directly from Versailles at the order of the French king, Louis XVI.

that is gran and pappy at the top:

with more snorkeling we have seen star fish, baby sting rays or manna rays or something - i was fine with just seeing two of them. but when we looked and saw the 2 join a group of about 6 or 8 more, that gave me a startle and i started to swim backwards! we also saw some new types of fish. one was very long and skinny with a long long nose and another was blue with a green stripe that went the lenght of his back all the way to his face. richard said it looked like he had green lips.

last night we had a chef come to the villa and cook and serve our food. the food was truly amazing! and it was SO MUCH fun.

here we are with the chef:

here are some extra, random fun picutres:

nathan after his first ever oreo cookie

here we are at 'baie de rouge' (aka red bay) - it looked pretty blue to me. silly frenchmen

thought it would be fun to be able to show the new baby that he was there too!

now THAT is relaxing!

beautiful sunsets:

no caption needed!