2023-02-02 Departure Day

Morning

D-Day (Departure Day) today.

I woke up early and managed to do some work, after energizing myself with coffee. Sandra and Sascha had to pack their bags for departure day, and I used the time to dinghy ashore. I walked back to the Europcar rental agency and picked up our car. On the drive back, I detoured to get some baguettes, pain au chocolat and croissants.

I had a conference call from 11:00 to 12:00 and when that was finished we took the luggage, laundry and some garbage ashore in 2 trips. We detoured to Hope Estate so that Sandra and Sascha could get some shirts at the Love Shop. We found a parking space right in front of the store but as we opened the car doors the store’s steel shutters descended! Sascha knocked on them and I was surprised that they went back up. The owners said that they don’t normally close for lunch, but that they had an appointment; but our shopping spree was quick and timely.

Lunch

I dropped off the laundry, then picked up a second Starlink at DHL (for a friend) before heading to the SYMC.

Since their adventure had started at the St. Martin Yacht Club, we decided to complete the circle and end it there as well. We had a final drink and some lunch before I dropped them off at the airport.

Afternoon

I couldn’t wait the 2 hours at the Driftwood Bar, so I finished off some tasks and errands before heading there.

Although the Air France flight was on time, the winds had settled and the airplane took off from the other end of the runway. So no closeup pictures, just distance shots.

alone in over 2 weeks. On this departure day Sandra and Sascha were already hundreds of miles to the east. I wasn’t tired and the book was exciting, and I couldn’t put it down until midnight.