I apologize in advance for the large pictures. I was having trouble editing the pictures smaller. More than likely it was user error but after 3 days of trying I finally gave up. The majority of the pictures were taken with my iphone because I am the idiot who takes her camera on vacation and forgets to put a memory card in it and we couldn't find a place to buy one. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/duh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/duh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/duh.gif" alt="" />

Martinique was amazing! The island was beautiful, the people were friendly, and the food was incredible. We were pleasantly surprised by how many people could speak a little bit of English and at how much stuff also included translations in English. Between their little bit of English and our little bit of French, we were able to get by without any major problems. It was a short trip (Friday thru Monday) but I very much look forward to going back and spending more time exploring more of the island.

We left Baltimore around 1:30pm. We had a nice smooth flight on Norwegian Airlines. The sun was setting as we were flying over the islands. By the time we reached Martinique it was dark out.



After landing and clearing customs, we picked up our rental car and headed out. We learned very quickly that Google maps was horrible for trying to navigate the roads of a foreign country that neither of us had been to and in the dark. After getting lost a few times, we finally made it. We rented an apartment in Les Trois Ilets thru Airbnb. The location was perfect (on Pointe du Bout) and the apartment was great. It had been a long afternoon of traveling and we were hungry. There were plenty of restaurants and shops within walking distance. We decide to go to La Pause since it had outdoor seating. The bruschetta was amazing!





We had a few drinks at the bar after dinner but made it an early night. Saturday morning we got up early. Neither of us were hungry so we skipped breakfast and started driving towards Sainte Marie so we (really me) could go to the Banana Museum. Prior to leaving Baltimore I downloaded the app maps.me as well as the maps for Martinique. That wound up being the best thing I did in preparing for this trip besides attempting to learn a little bit of French. The app does not use cellular data and gave perfect directions so navigating around the island was much easier than the night before. On our way there we were happy to see the island in daylight, got our first glimpse at Mount Pelée, and many fields of Banana plants.