je perdu un document important

bonjour! i have just returned to the east coast from sint maarten/saint martin of the dutch and french antilles. WOW. it was incredible. the moment we hovered about the island on the plane, there was an instant calm and relaxation that washed over us. meera, savita, aarati and i enjoyed four days of sunshine this weekend.. it was so needed.

greg picked us up from the airport and we checked into our hotel, the sonesta maho. we were in room 1-559 and it was AWESOME. the balcony overlooked an abandoned golf course that was wrecked by a hurricane 15 years before, but beyond that - we could see the sun rise and set over the ocean (not that we were ever awake at sunrise). the first day, we hung out at our hotel beach. we walked over to sunset bar where ben, our waiter, allowed us to switch tables approximately five times. we watched the planes fly in and out of the airport. it was really cool to look up and see the planes fly so low. i tried the desperados beer and it was SO GOOD. it was tequila flavored, and it reminded me of fanny when she said that it was her favorite beer, but it wasn't sold in the united states. we tanned for a while and then got ready for dinner at pineapple pete's. i had a jerk chicken wrap, which was delicious. we then went to calmos cafe on the french side of the island and met lots of cool people. an older french man bought us a presidente beer, which was pretty tasty before we met three french military personnel with whom we sort of communicated. i proudly and irrelevantly would say, "je perdu un document important" to anyone who would listen. they often would compliment my accent and say other nice things, and i think that is why i am a francophile. friday, we went to the hotel pool and hung out with ramon! he was a great bartender... making delicious and fruity drinks after we attempted to swim laps. after i said, estas mi favorito (ramon had said for me to understand he speaks english, but he speaks spanish when i asked him what other languages he spoke), he replied with "you are my favorite too" and a complimentary and yummy pina colada teehehe. greg came to get us after his class and we went to mullet beach, where we fed the angel fish french fries and bread that other beach goers gave us. it was really cool. we went to tara's apartment to attend a going away party before going to bliss and tantra. it was interesting to say the least. saturday, greg woke us up and we went hiking to a secluded beach, happy bay. it was BEAUTIFUL. we went to the soggy dollar to sit on the pier with greg's medical school friends. it was really chill and a great way to end the weekend. everyone was accommodating and warm the entire time... st. martin, i will be back!

it was so sad to come back to 55 degree weather in newark.