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French Territory

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French territory …  We are in wine, cheese and baguette heaven. We have arrived in St Martin. So great to be able to speak, read and understand French. Did love to practice Spanish but sometimes when it was technical it could be very challenging. But let’s back it up a little….. It’s been a busy month or so…. We left Puerto Rico after being there for over  2 and a half months. It was great but definitely time to move on. We then went to USVI. Still US territory but very interesting. The island of St Thomas used to belong to Denmark and was sold to the USA for a mere 25 million dollars in 1917.  The buildings have retained the beautiful old European architecture and all the streets have Danish names. We spent a few weeks there and just a few days on the island of St John. We decided to skip the British Virgin Islands because it is very expensive and also time is running out. We have to be further south for the next hurricane season. It’s coming up again. Seems like it just...