Monday, June 1, 2009

St. Thomas Experience Day #2


The second day I was very emotional. All of the changes were finally hitting me. We both were somewhere neither one of us was comfortable with. So we decided to go see what it was really like. We found a cute little irish pub that served breakfast. That was a good breakfast and it helped lift our spirits. After that we went down to the Ferry, which was only like a 3 minute walk. It was $5 per Person one way. So $20 round trip. We rode the ferry across to St. John. We walked around on the beach right by the ferry for a while, talking about how many things are not what we expected. Also that we were disappointed in some things that we had already experienced. We both did not like the condo that was provided for us. We both felt like Eric (the owner) was a bit rude and very distant compared to how he was over the phone. From there we decided, why not visit a nice beach and go explore some. We took a taxi to Trunk Bay, the taxi cost $6 per person. Admission to Trunk Bay was $4 each, because it is National Park Preserved area. Exploring that beach was nice, but also our first experience of tropical rain and tropical (nasty) Mosquitoes. About an hour after we arrived at the beach, we got rained out and eaten to almost insanity, so we left. Another $6 per person on the taxi to get back to the Ferry. Too far to walk and the road is not safe to walk on. So we take the ferry back and return to St. Thomas late afternoon. We talked about going over to Fatboys to introduce ourselves. We re-introduced ourselves to Chris the Manager. Then Introduced ourselves to the two people that were there for the Kitchen. Only one person works in the kitchen at a time, so were just there during a shift change, got lucky and met them then. We met Joe and Kelly. Both very nice people. Shortly after that the other person working in the kitchen arrived, he was new so in training. Tory talked to Chris for a bit while I chatted with the kitchen staff. Tory found out that he needed to make a schedule for the next week. So the Joe and I joined to conversation. We all talked about who is available when and when shifts start and end. From there we went back to the condo to change and find a place to eat. At this point Neither one of us remembers where we ate. I think it might have been Pizza at a Local bar. At this moment that is what I remember of Day #2