We arrived at St. Maarten around 11:00 AM. The ship docked next to the Liberty of the Seas, the other ship in port. We took our time getting off to avoid any crowds at the gangway. After a short walk to the water taxi dock we boarded the Yellow Banana for the ride to downtown Phillipsburg.
I hadn’t been there for 10 years but it looked unchanged except that the street and sidewalks have now been completely paved. The shops looked the same. There are lots and lots of jewelry shops and the usual “trash and trinkets” shops. We wandered around for a while. Katie bought a couple of things at Del Sol. Everything in the store, from t-shirts to nail polish, changes color in the sun. The nail polish was a real novelty so she got a bottle of blue-green polish that changes to pink. While she was making her purchases I walked across the street and tried on an $82,000 blue diamond ring! It wasn’t even tempting because it didn’t look real.
After checking out all the stores we were interested in seeing we decided to have lunch at the Hard Rock Café. The location is great. It’s on the beach overlooking the beautiful turquoise water in the harbor. Katie tried a unique burger that had a guava berry sauce and fried plantains on it. She said it was very good, especially the plantains.
After lunch we took the water taxi back to the ship. We spent the remainder of the afternoon up in the Sanctuary and in the pool below it. Katie graded more papers and will finish them all before we get back to Florida.
For dinner we again met our friends first for a drink in the Adagio Lounge which is next door to Sabatini’s, the alternative Italian restaurant. We had dinner there and it was outstanding. I had asked the chef to prepare us special pasta with seafood dish. It, as well as everything else, was delicious. Once again we were among the last to leave.
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