Yesterday morning was a rainy day, so no beach :-)
Some contacts with the office (ahhh Skype), shopping and reading.
And a nap!

A long visit to Lorient beach yesterday, with a cool walk on the beach, and above.
The light was particularly great, very clear and shiny.
We like more and more this beach!

Breezy Sunday morning at Flamand beach.
Marvelous colors with some clouds in the sky.
Always a good place to walk and to read!

Flamand beach

Yesterday, our ritual morning visit to another beach, this time Saint Jean. Quite disappointed as there are still some seaweeds in the water and on the beach (I know, I know, better to be there as at home, but still, the other beaches were more attractive ;-). On the other side, nice place to walk.

Saint Jean beach

Getting the right tempo, entering the Saint Barth real groove, step-by-step, ahhhh.

Yesterday, a morning visit to Gouverneur Beach, as usual fantastic location! And some good waves to play in with my son.

Just beautiful.

Gouverneur beach

Yesterday, first morning beach at Saline. This made totally the difference for me and brought me completely in the Saint Barth vibes. The beach is again fantastic, no seaweeds anymore.

Ahhhh these Caribbean colors. You think you remember, but you have to be there to be "shocked" again ;-)

Saline Beach

Slowing down, slowing down :-)

So, arrived yesterday, travel this time completely uneventful, which is actually really great!
Flight to Saint Barth was interesting, as the wind was quite strong ;-)

Between Colombier and Corossol

Corossol

Between Corossol and Public

What a wonderful feeling!! In a bit more than one day (i.e. on Wednesday evening) we will be in Saint Barth :-) After 6 months, being able to go there again is just a fantastic dream for the three of us. We are just … happy!

This stay is quite a special one, as we have some particular figures to celebrate: 2x 10, 1x 15, 2x 40. Our son’s 10th Birthday, our 15th Wedding Anniversary, our 40th Birthdays (my wife and myself), and finally…. the 10th time we are on the Island ;-)

The 10th time we are going back to Saint Barth, wow. We would have laughed at you some years ago if you would have told us: “you will return 10 times on the same 25km2 island”!

But perhaps by being a bit more precise, saying that there are so many great restaurants, a so nice weather during this winter time. Explaining that you can find 14 completely different beaches, so many crazy and colorful views and villas. Stressing the fact that you will meet nice and lovely people, that you can shop, drink superb rums, smoke crazy cigars at night on the villa terrace with millions of stars in the sky, read a lot of books. And finally, just having some time for you and for your beloveds…. Wow, it sounds immediately different, no? ;-)

As usual, I’m also very excited to have time to photograph this nice place and to share some of our good “human moments” with you.

(Pointe Toiny, August 2011)

31 days left, I already hear the sound of the ocean.