It's Easter Sunday and we're here in our favorite place on earth. Trouble is, no kidlets and kidlet-in-laws and not a Grandkidlet to be found either. So many Easters we spent as a family here - seems strange to be just the two of us.

We flew in yesterday on JB out of JFK and lucky us - snagged MINT seats at an incredibly inexpensive price after up-grading from our original tickets. Awesome service, great seats and a perfect flight. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Thumbsup.gif" alt="" /> The fruit in our fruit salad actually tasted like lush juicy strawberries and blueberries and the orange and grapefruit slices were incredibly sweet and juicy. Small portions but more than enough and the FAs kept offering us more........I think it was the best flight we've taken on any flight anywhere though I have to admit, we're not exactly what you'd call world travelers. But anyway, how can anything go wrong when one starts their day by drinking orange blossoms at 7 AM!! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/toast.gif" alt="" />

Our arrival started off well even though we had a forty minute late start out of JFK, and we actually arrived less than five minutes late into SXM. And to make it even better, we were the first two people off the plane and we were the only plane in immigration so we flew through. As so many have said, the automatic readers are in place but still bagged and not in use. They look impressive so we'll see. Someday. Had a very nice young woman whisk us through the process and off to the luggage carousel we went. Surprisingly, those MINT seat baggage tix really do work and our luggage was among the first batch off the plane.

And then the arrival went down hill rapidly - the skies opened up and the rains came down, seemingly by the bucketful. So much so that at one point we could barely see the kiosk in the airport parking lot from the covered sidewalk waiting area. Lesley was right on time but he had a slew of people awaiting his trusty chariots and we weren't in a huge hurry since we were hoping the rains would end. That didn't happen, and in the time it took us to get into the car we were soaked right through to the skin. Consequently we arrived at the Towers looking like a couple of tired and nearly drowned rats........but we arrived. And without the thrills experienced by those on the AA flight behind us - a very good thing!

Easter Sunday morning - awoke to a lovely sunrise and the sweet sound of the birds chirping in the trees all around us. It's a lazy day so far - coffee and pastry on the balcony while enjoying the sights and sounds.

They've put us in what I consider to be one of the premier units here and that's even over a few of the penthouse units but I gave up our two bedroom in the trade. But the good news is - we're in this unit for the two weeks straight and since we aren't expecting guests this trip we really didn't need a whole extra bedroom and bath just to have a spot to store our luggage.

And so our trip begins and as always, decisions which seem so hard to make: Pool? or Beach? And if beach - WHICH beach? Dinner? In or out? And if out - out WHERE? It's a tough call having to make all these major decisions but we'll struggle with it and in the end .......... it will all be good, I'm sure!! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Joy.gif" alt="" />