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Re: New AA Service to Martinique
[Re: Maria_and_Steve]
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03/06/2013 04:59 PM
03/06/2013 04:59 PM
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Maria_and_Steve said: Air France still flies from Miami to Martinique. We have taken that flight and it has 1 stop in Haiti. Otherwise the flights are ok.
Martinique is a fantastic island to visit and VERY French. Martinique is an incredible island. The people, pastries, breads and food in general are to die for. We had main sail issues and had to put in there for 2 weeks, what hardship. The kind folks close to the marina’s for the most part spoke both English and French but continuing inland mostly just French. Even with the language barrier they where warm and inviting and we had no problem getting what’s needed. I ran into a U.S. couples at a local Leader Price supermarket that were bichin that no one spoke English. Jerks, you chose to visit their island. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/duh.gif" alt="" /> At that point I could understand some of the stereotype and distain abroad for the US. I on the other hand was feeling crummy for not being more fluid in French. Now that there is more options for air transport – Go, but as said be patient as it is very French.
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Re: New AA Service to Martinique
[Re: rhans]
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03/09/2013 12:48 PM
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Go, but as said be patient as it is very French.
Well, that's silly. That's one of the benefits, not a negative. I mean, France is "very French", and it attracts 80 million foreign tourists per year! If one wants to speak English more than half of the Caribbean islands have English as the first language... Also, thanks to a money pump from Paris, Martinique has one of the best economies in the Caribbean.
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Re: New AA Service to Martinique
[Re: charlieh]
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03/11/2013 06:46 PM
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My favorite phrase when learning nasals during my year as a French major: "Un bon vin blanc."
Vive la France! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Joy.gif" alt="" />
[color:"red"]NUTMEG[/color] Today is the tomorrow you talked about yesterday.
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