taste of the island

There are a few nice things about St. Maarten. One of them is the french pastries. We recently went to Marigot, the capital of the french side of the island. Although, I have not been to the french riviera, many people say it is very much like that part of France. It has a mall with a few clothing stores (very expensive) and there are lots of little shops and boutiques lining the streets. Above the city is Fort Louis (named after one of the more famous French monarchs). We took some stairs up to see the views. There isn't much preservation of it going on. One thing I have noticed on the island is that they don't really preserve anything. But there are some nice views and that appears to be what it's used for. We went with some good friends of ours (Josh and Danielle). After dinner we went to the famous "Sarafino's" pastry shop. The pictures highlight our trip.