Our trip was uneventful thanks to Jet Blue's efficiency. Non-stop, on time, comfortable seats, reasonable price and no lost luggage.
Our rental car was waiting for us at the airport and then on to the resort. Our unit was ready which did not happen too frequently and after unpacking we headed into the arms of the warm and calm Caribbean Sea.
On our first night we went to dinner with a very lovely family that I know for years. The place is famous for its ribs and that was exactly what I had. All I can say, it was worth waiting a year!
I met a lot of my friends there who were very-very nice, loving and understanding towards me. They all missed my wife whom they saw last year at this time but since they all were aware of how ill She was they had accepted what happened.
During our two weeks there we had a lot of French food accompanied with escargot (snails) or frogs legs, that I both love as appetizers. We also had our share of Caribbean lobster that I happen to like a lot more than Main Lobster.
We did a lot of sightseeing on the island and sampled the local drinks. Oh, did we ever!
As everybody know I am Hungarian and so was my guest. Through her we found a bunch of Hungarians living and working on the island. I found that very interesting that for a small country no matter where one goes one can always find Hungarians.
As a matter of fact we found out that one of the "Frenchest" French restaurant was owned by a Hungarian family.
The fact that the weather was perfect probably had something to do with us having fun and a great time.
A couple of times we went out to the airport. Princess Juliana Airport is one of the most difficult airport to land and there are several videos on YouTube showing it. The planes come in so low from over the water that one can almost touch them. For this reason the area is always crowded with thrill seekers. Naturally we joined them.
Not to bore anybody, but I have to add that towards the end of our two weeks we went out on a sunset cruise (somebody won it on the raffle and gave it to us, it was a two-for-one deal). It started out very nice. It was very interesting to see the shoreline from a boat. The weather cooperated, it was a good crowd on the ship (it was a two-masted pirate ship that used the sails instead of the engine) and the drinks kept coming.
The problem was that as the sun started to set clouds started to come and at the end we had to imagine what the sunset might had looked. The other problem was that on the way back to port we got into a real storm with thunder and lightning and real wind. They lowered the sails, turned on the engines and hightailed it back to the docks. In the meantime it started to rain and this was a real tropical downpour. We all got really soaked and that was not for the drinking.
But I still enjoyed it.
But two weeks went by and at the end we had to come home. The flight home was just as uneventful as going down.
Vacation was over and there is only 351 days until next year's.
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