Recap

We have been here for 9 days so far and have done so much in that time! We took the rental car all the way around the island. The French side is marvelous and I can't wait to spend more time there, go to Orient Bay and sample some of the cuisine! We have gone out on the Dutch side for dinner and drinks in Simpson Bay a couple of times, super fun. So far Skipjack's is my favorite and I can't wait to really try some Caribbean lobster! We went to the Cost U Less (essentially a BJ's orCostco) to load up on food and other necessities for the month. And since we returned the car last Saturday we've been exploring all the Cupecoy/Maho area on foot!

Our apartment is about a 5 minute walk to the AUC campus and about 7 to the Mullet Bay beach! One particularly hot afternoon when we didn't have a car we decided to walk to the Food Express and get a couple groceries. It's about a mile through the golf course, about 20 minutes each way. It doesn't sound so bad but I can't emphasize how hot it was that day! My tank top was wet with sweat and every part of my skin was burning! Josh told me I was being a baby, but I maintain that any walk that makes your skin blister is pretty tough! Subsequently my skin is peeling off my shoulders now, like a gross lizard, hehe :)

We shipped down 5 boxes of stuff for the apartment, kitchen stuff, towels, the coffee maker, the TV, things like that. I DO NOT recommend University Books Online by the way. They were incredibly expensive and the boxes looked like they went through war. They were all ripped and crumpled, and items inside were damaged and broken. The TV made it though! Lucky for them I think Josh would have flown back to the US just to punch someone in the face if his TV was broken!!!

The cat is adjusting she sleeps under the bed all day and terrorizes us at night when it's cool and she's finally awake. I'm going to start terrorizing her during to day just to see how she likes it!

We have met lots of great people so far, women from the spouses org and other students. Everyone is so nice, they are all really genuine people. It's rare to meet this many relaxed and generous people, it's completely refreshing and makes me truly happy! There are so many opportunites to meet people and stay busy I can't wait! Everyone talks about how boring it can get down here, we will see, but I haven't been bored yet!

Amanda