Countdown in St. Martin...

A little update on our current situation. We have been in St. Martin now for over a week and so much has happened and so much was there to do. However we are now in our final steps to fly out of here in three days.

When we arrived last Thursday we were totally exhausted and all needed an early night and a good night sleep, without any movements. I prepared myself mentally for a busy week, packing, tidying up and saying goodbye to our two years of sailing with JUCA. It is not saying goodbye to JUCA, it also means saying goodbye to Eddie who has sailed JUCA with us up from Grenada. It turned out that a sailing companian has become a friend. He is very easy and fun to have around. Thank you Eddie for your help and companianship over the last week, we have all grown very fond of you and you will be missed very much.

The next day we got up and felt very refreshed and full of energy after a restful night. Sven and Eddie went to check us all in on the French side, while I was cleaning and tidying up the boat and schooling Julia and Carlos. When I finished I looked outside and just realised that a big Catamaran was trying to tie up to us....I just thought to myself ..."What the ...." is going on and stomped outside to look into the smiling faces of Kim, Brian and Rayne Duff.....our friends from Trellis Bay....what a surprise and that was the end of a productive day....we celebrated our reunion and partied all day until the early morning hours. Unfortunately Kim had to leave the next day, but it was sweet and short and made the most out of it; totally enjoyed their company for the time being.

The rest of the week we have been busy packing up all our belongings.....40 boxes later (mind you they were little ones) I could not believe that we had accumalated so much staff again. I had already given so much away and still had to pack so many things. Next time round I will only move with a suitcase and what I can carry with my other hand ;) However, yesterday we finished packing and dropped off all our boxes at the shipping company located on the French side. Now it is on its way via France to New Zealand and we will be reunited with our personal items again in a couple of months. I bet by the time it will arrive, half of it is not needed anymore. Never mind it is what it is and we took what was important to us in the moment of packing.

The rest of our time here in St. Martin we can now enjoy to the fullest and embrace our last days in the Caribbean....a beautiful time is coming to an end another door is already opening up for us....