1st extended visit to SXM. Stayed at Club O. Spent all days except one on the beach, with beautiful weather, cooling breezes, refreshing surf, the perfect companion, and a cooler full of refreshments! Life is so good!<br><br>Rented a car one day to go in to town to shop for jewelry. Also went in to Grand Case one evening and had dinner at Le Tastevin. What a pretty setting! Our table (maybe all the tables) was on a balcony overlooking the water, and when it got dark we could see the lights of Anguilla in the distance. The nouvelle French cuisine was good, but, I thought, a little overpriced. The green salad was $10! The total bill (for a non-alcoholic drink, salad, entree, dessert, and coffee for two) was $96US! We ate dinner most nights at Papagayos, where the food was consistently good and more reasonably priced. Dinner there usually ran us between $40-50. <br><br>Now I understand why so many people on TTOL are frequent visitors to SXM. We arrived on Sat; on Sun. we were talking about trying to come back next summer; on Tues. we were trying to figure out a way to get back this coming winter!! Then, when we saw the bargain fares offered by USAIR to return between Sept 2 and Dec 15, our time frame changed again!!! <br><br>And instead of feeling sad that we were leaving SXM, we left feeling very relaxed, and knowing that this was definitely not our last trip to SXM and Club O.
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