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August 17th, 2003

St. Maarten 2003

Henry and I spent our honeymoon in St. Maarten (Dutch Side) and Sint Martin (French side). We stayed at the Wyndham Sapphire Beach Club & Resort on the Dutch side. The accommodations were pretty nice, but of course looked better online than in their brochures. We shopped in both capitals, Phillipsburg (Dutch) and Marigot (French), laid out at a beach on both sides and rented a wave runner (also saw some topless and nude people), visited a casino, and a lot of eating.

On our last day there we rented a car, for free (they hand out vouchers at the airport for a free one day car rental), and went for dinner in Grand Case. We really wanted to go to L’Alabama but we couldn’t find it so we went to L’Auberge Gourmande instead. The food there was really good, especially the escargot. We later did find L’Alabama, we couldn’t find it because it was closed and the lights were out.

I don’t know if we’ll visit again, but the beaches there are beautiful!



August 12th, 2003

Henry’s 26th Birthday/Wedding Rehearsal

We bundled Henry’s 26th birthday and our wedding rehearsal into one since they are four days apart. Aren’t Jayden and Kaylee so adorable?



August 9th, 2003

Dragon Boat 2003

A few of our friends participated in the Dragon Boat Festival in Flushing Meadow Park. Henry participated but I didn’t because we were getting a married in a week and one of us had to plan it. Henry raced as part of the HSBC men’s team and they did win their race.



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