Only five days left before we leave our home for 23 days. First night Manhattan, then STT, STJ and STX, last night Newark. I’m so exited. Even though we have travelled a lot, I have never been in this part of the world before, and I have never, ever used so much time to plan a vacation or made such a detailed plan at all. Know exactly where to stay every night, what to see, which beaches and which trails to try, and not only that - also which restaurants are a must, and which menu is recommended (this I will not tell our friends, they would think, I have lost my mind)! As you perhaps can understand, I am an addictive reader of the USVI boards - reading all trip reports, questions and answers, Rick’s advice for Newbies, seeing pictures etc., which also means that my expectations just have grown higher and higher, especially about STJ.

I have seen that people often are visiting STJ for wedding, honeymoon or anniversary, so I think I will tell you that we in a way are celebrating our Rubin wedding (who can beat that?). Last year we had been married for 40 years. It’s not common here that you celebrate a Rubin wedding, but we decided to do that. Who knows how the world will be to our Golden wedding?The question was: go on a journey or have a party? We decided to have a big celebration the day of the Rubin wedding and then take a long vacation this year. The celebration was a big success, so now we hope that the vacation will be the same.

So please ”forumfriends”, you have been so very, very helpful, cross your fingers for us: that my efforts about planning this vacation will be rewarded, that my husband, who hasn’t been so much involved in the planning, will not be disappointed, that the flights will be nearly in time, no strikes, no hurricanes, not too many bugs- in short -that nothing will happen, which can spoil our vacation!

Linne

(who is looking forward to taste one of those painkillers)