Hello!

It's my first time posting on this forum. I discovered TTOL when I searched for news on Saint Martin after hurricane Irma. It became almost a daily habit of mine to read it before going to sleep. My parents-in-law have a timeshare in Sapphire Beach Club Resort. They've been going to Saint Martin every January for 20 years. They kindly invited us several times to join them. My husband and I went to Saint Martin in January and had a great time.

I want to thank everyone on this forum for their trip reports and wealth of information on restaurants, beaches and overall state of things. Reading TTOL made me confident that it was time to go back to Saint Martin and that the island was ready for tourists.

We had such a wonderful time during our 10 day stay on the island! Besides not being able to go to Le Galion beach and a few of our favorite restaurants this trip was as enjoyable as the trips we took before Irma. It was so good to be back!

I did several blog posts on Saint Martin in 2019. Here are the links to the posts on supermarkets and bakeries:

https://www.giselleayupova.com/blog/2019/2/13/saint-martin-2019-part-i-supermarkets-and-bakeries

on restaurants we visited:

https://www.giselleayupova.com/blog/2019/2/8/saint-martin-2019-part-i-restaurants