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Hi Everyone,
We just returned from 3 weeks at Simpson's Bay. We are trying to remember if this was our 9th or 10th visit. It doesn't matter as it won't be our last! We just love St. M. I read this forum every day, summer and winter. So helpful and thanks to all of you who make it happen.

After reading Beerman's fabulous trip reports,(who could compete with that) I wondered if I should submit our simple trip. But I thought why not! If we all didn't share our experiences this board would collapse.

We left Boston direct flight on JB. We could not wait to get out of Maine after this miserable winter. Had a great flight. Leslie was there to meet us as always. He is so professional. We had no great need to travel everyday as we find Simpson's Bay Beach just beautiful. However, we went to Anse Marcel for the first time. What a beautiful beach! We had a wonderful day there. The food was great and I thought very reasonable for such lovely accommodations. Of course we, or I should say, I had to shop. Phillipsburg, Maho and the market at Marigot are a must. We also tried three new (to us) restaurants. Bavaria was just delicious. Who knew?? I would go again just for the apple strudel. We also enjoyed Boca Marina. The dining area is lovely. Our food was served piping hot! Service was excellent. So good we went there twice. I would highly recommend this restaurant.And for the first time we dined at Antoine's. Fabulous rack of lamb!! We will definitely go back next year. Like everyone else, we have our favorites which we frequented, Izi's, Mark's, Jimbo's for ribs, Fig, everything is good there,Pizza Galley. One thing for sure, you won't go hungry on St. M.

We returned last Saturday and guess what? We had plowable snow Wednesday night!! The pits!! I was ready to get the next flight out. But, alas, as I am self-employed work called me back to reality.

We are very fortunate to have had three weeks in the sun. And God willing, we will be back next March.

Every trip report is welcome, long or short! It helps those of us who are stuck here at home to live vicariously through you. It sounds like you had a wonderful time. Thank you for sharing it with us!

Good report. You gave me some places to think about for next trip.

Sorry to hear you came back to snow. We usually go SXM 2 or 3 weeks in March but missed it this year due to health. On the day we would have returned had we gone, it snowed! Told hubby it was just as well we hadn't gone because that snow didn't upset us as much as returning to it from SXM. So I know what you mean about wanting to just turn around and go back.

Thanks for sharing your report! I liked your comments about restaurants - quick to read by very helpful info. We love to check out restaurants in SXM, so I always enjoy reading about the places others enjoyed.

Welcome home!

Fret not! The snow can't last all summer ….. or can it?

Thanks for the report. We are now fans of Antoine's also.

Thanks for the report. Glad it's not your last visit.