Greetings! We recently returned from a trip to the island of St. Martin/Sint Maarten. This is a bonus post because the island, while governed by two independent states, does not itself hold the status of an independent nation. The featured image (in the banner of this post) is the monument that straddles the border between the two nations on the island – France and The Netherlands – on which are the details of the 1648 Treaty that separated the nations. Below is information that we learned during our visit. SXM The island of St. Martin (saynt mahr-TEEN)/Sint Maarten (sent MAH-ten) is frequently referred to by its airport code, SXM, in…