St. Martin 1/11/17

After lunch we took a taxi into Phillipsburg, where we shopped in the waterfront and had an ice cream cone. Lots of folks in from the six cruise ships in port today.

Mosaic of the island

RIck hates Time Share Tours. He loves Painkillers, though.

Interesting building

On the boardwalk.

Then we strolled down Front Street with all of the high end stores. We found some gifts for friends. Ruth bought a coverup and Rick bought a tee shirt that is probably too small.

Lots of high end shops.

Did not feel the urge to buy any watches or diamonds today, so we settled on a glass of wine at a very cute little French restaurant, L'escargot. Such a quaint little spot where we could people watch from the balcony above the street.

Great view of Front Street form this little balcony.

We felt as if we were in Provence.

Waiting out the rain.

While chatting with our English friends, we noticed that Mike and his son in law Clyde had matching color tropical shirts. Clyde's son, Albert matched Rick. Very cute.

Waiting out the torrent of rain that came up suddenly, Ruth chatted with Alan, who calls himself Yellow Man. She had passed him three times earlier while he was trying to sell his wares to passer us, but everyone was busy with dinner plans. He told us that he had been at the Motor Vehicle office all day trying to get his plates. He finally was finished at 6:00 pm and he came over to Divi Little Bay to try to make some sales, even though it was very late to start. He dumped his two bags on the table and Ruth found a pretty necklace. He said it was $10 but she gave him $15.

Yellow Man with his wares

We used our dinner voucher from the dreaded Time Share Tour (which was actually a nice chat with a nice man). Our dinner at Pure Ocean was excellent. Ruth had a steak with chimichurri sauce and Rick had lamb chops.