St. Martin

May 11, 2014

Happy Mother’s Day!  I had a very nice Mother’s Day with Daniel taking me into town (to the Dutch side) first thing this morning for an “American” breakfast - eggs, bacon, toast and coffee.  The best part, I didn’t have to cook it or clean up!  Nice!  We also accessed some free wifi and both were able to talk with our mothers.  Double nice!  After breakfast we walked across the street to a French pastry shop where Daniel picked up a pastry and I got a yummy delicious brownie.  We sat by the water and ate them both.  After breakfast we walked a bit and then made our way back to C-Time.  Before you knew it, it was lunchtime.  This time we went to the French side for an awesome lunch.  I had French onion soup – the best I have ever had – and a ribeye steak.  Daniel went with calamari (which he said was delicious) and Red Snapper.  Again, free wifi and this time, I was able to talk with all of our kids.  It doesn’t take much to make Mom happy.  After that huge lunch, D-Time took everything it had to pull us both back to the boat.  We rolled out of D-Time and fell into an after-lunchtime coma.  A wonderful day – thanks, honey!

Being close to the Simpson Bay Bridge makes us close to the “path” the local party boat takes.  About 10 last night a boat filled with people, with music blaring, came within about 20 feet of where we are anchored.  And the boat moved SLOWLY.  The music blared for about 10 minutes.  A very weird feeling.  The night was so quiet and serene and then all of a sudden - loud music comes in through the hatches.  That will wake you up!