The sisters have been dreaming about going to Paris. Barbie and Disney paint a romantic picture of everything French and my girls have been sucked in. Now, everyone is excited, a French Island is about as close as they are going to get to Paris for quite some time.

For several months now, Marie has been counting down the days until her birthday. The girls were all excited to celebrate on a French Island.

Genny put together all the festivities. They played pin the tail on the pony and Genny decorated with streamers. We got Marie a teddy plaid teddy bear. Teddy Bear was the first word the girls learned on their French program, and plaid is a ‘traditional’ pattern in Martinique.

We spent most of the day shopping and browsing through the streets. There are hundreds of shops along the streets of Fort de France, most of them are clothing shops.

Marie picked a caramel crepe and strawberry ice cream for a treat. The crepe was so, so, I guess I was looking forward to one filled with apple pie filling and topped with powdered sugar like my grandmother used to make.  She’s not French so her yummy desert was nothing like the flat slab of goo they make here. Few people speak English here and while I can get by shopping with Spanish, I can’t get anywhere with French. Luckily, any English speaking people around took pity on us and helped us order.

I thought Grenada was expensive, this place is even more pricey  At the produce market, I got two bags of fruits and vegetables and spent about $50 Euros/$60 US on a watermelon, a few cantaloupes, salad fixings, and stuff like that.

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This market also had vendors selling vanilla beans, spices and plaid souvenirs.  When I have better wifi, I’m going to look up this plaid thing.  They don’t call it plaid, it’s some other word, but all the tourists wear it like aloha shirts in Hawaii.

Even though McDonalds was fresh in their memory, we had pannini for lunch today.  I feel it’s my duty to present everyone with local foods when I can.  In Grenada it was funky sweet potatoes and callaloo, here it’s pannini sandwiches and a cheese tray I would die for at home.

While everyone was resting in the shade I ran into the supermarket to stock up on a few of their less expensive and French subsidized items. This load of baguettes, wine, and cheese was less expensive than the produce, but not by much.

Since it’s Marie’s special day, she wanted to drive the dinghy home.

Time to make a wish, but the breeze kept blowing out the candle.

While cleaning the cupboard, I remembered seeing good old fashioned sparklers. Everyone was impressed.  Thanks Rodney and Jane for leaving the fireworks!