We love France. Everyone speaks French! Wow! Who knew?
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Goodbye St. Pierre from our kitchen window. |
The grocery stores are awesome. There are public mooring buoys available in many places - not really sure about reserving them with a surf board or an oil container while you are away for days, though. That doesn't seem right. Transportation is good. And there is internet to be found.
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Kids in a pre-Carnival parade |
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Fort de France - from the ferry across the bay from Anse Mitan |
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A savory crepe - !!! Yay. |
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Busy street in downtown FDF |
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Library in FDF near the huge public square |
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Ferry dock |
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Our ferry |
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Pay attention dolphins? Not sure about this one. |
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But we've got stronger beer - in Canada |
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WindSwept Dreams and Blue Pearl on the ferry in FDF |
So we spent a couple of days in St. Pierre described in our last post. Then a couple of days in Anse Mitan... just across the bay from Fort De France... and here we are now in St. Anne at the south-east corner of Martinique. There are hundreds of boats here... like the Georgetown of Martinique. Big community with a morning net and, unlike Georgetown (Bahamas) there are services and supplies
We are waiting for good weather to cross to St. Lucia... a short hop of only 20 miles or so. Probably head out in a couple of days after a few more crepes and Ti-Punches.
We've had weird weather with the wind doing all sorts of crazy things. And the big event was a carwash-style downpour after our washing-machine-sail down from Anse Mitan. So, even though it was a bit concerning at the time - never seen anything like it - the boat got a great rinse and our anchor held.
All good.
Looks fantastic there. Woke up to snow this morning. Don't rush back.
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