The Insiders' Guide to St. Barths: Our first Trip Report - June 12

It was my hope to type up a trip report immediately after our return but you know how that goes.....

This was our 4th trip to St. Barts but our 1st trip report. This year we were celebrating our 20th Anniversary!

Our flight from Charlotte, NC to SXM went very smoothly. After arriving in SXM it seemed like we were on St. Barths Commuter in no time. That went perfect too. When we arrived in St. Barts our Black Convertible Mini Cooper was awaiting for us. My husband decided to splurge since it was our anniversary. What a fun car to drive on the island.

We stayed at Villa Nirvana. This was our 2nd time staying at this villa. It is the perfect place to stay. The house has it all. They have it decorated so nicely. The kitchen is anything & everything you need for cooking. The views are incredible & sunsets. The location is in Lurin so we are in town within minutes. Also, very close to our favorite beaches...Saline & Gouverneur.

Highlights:
Fresh baked chocolate croissants & Espresso every morning from the Bakery
Boogie Boarding at Saline & Gouverneur.
Driving around in our Mini Cooper
Having Vanilla Rhum at lunch each day
Doing our shopping at Match and getting all our favorite St. Barts things
Having a bottle of wine at Governeur in the late afternoon.
Sitting under the stars at night

Restaurants:
Le Select- The best burger & fries ever. Marius sat with us for one of our lunches and told stories. Also met Eddie there on one of his last days on the Island.
Santa Fe - Can't say enough about this restaurant. What a view. First of all the owner has to be the nicest. He served us our lunch. It was definitely our favorite lunch on the island.
Andy's - We had dinner at the beginning of our trip. The pizza and warm goat cheese salad is amazing. It is always hard to leave there since its so entertaining. We went back for lunch toward the end of the week and had a great meal. Good value and the best vanilla rhum.
Le Repaire - We always have a fantastic meal there. Our tradition is to play a couple games of Pool after dinner. They serve us vanilla rhum.
Do Brazil - Another one of our favorite lunch spots. The service and the view is great.
Cooked alot of our meals in our villa too. We had a great Weber Barb. and use it for several meals.

Observations

A lot more construction around the island
Beaches weren't very busy
The island was still quiet even with construction

What a wonderful & relaxing vacation! We are defintely going back again next year.

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RDC

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