Bonjour!

Today it is Friday and it is time to leave Le Meridien. It was a wonderful hotel but it was also far above our budget.

Yesterday we had rented a car to explore the island and to look for nice and good valuable places to stay. It was a wonderful day with a lovely picnic on a beautiful beach! We also found out that most of the products they sell in the supermarket are from Dutch origin and that they also sell snert and bruine bonen!

Our search for a place to stay was less successful. We only found two options that met our requirements and both were fully booked. One of the two could offer us a room from Monday on.

When we arrived back in the hotel we only had to find a hotel for the weekend. But that didn’t went so easy as expected. All the hotels we had tried to call were fully booked or didn’t exist anymore. It was like being back in Corsica (LOL) where the same thing happened to us. So, we decided that the best thing to do was to book 3 more nights at Le Meridien, even when that meant it would cut a to big amount out of our budget. But when we were at the reception they told us the same story we had heard before…they were fully booked for the weekend!! Aaahhh!! And so we heard it is a national holiday this weekend and that is why all the hotels are fully booked. I hate national holidays!!!

Thank god, there was internet and bookings.com and we finally found ourselves a room at the Sofitel for the weekend! Still, too expensive but much better than having no place to stay.

So we are going to relax at a beautiful pool this weekend, doing nothing! What a horrible weekend!

Have a nice weekend!

Cheers Anna