Thursdays is the happening night around here! That's the night Double Deuce turns in to a little club with DJ and all! The only thing is, it's almost always the same people, and almost all work at the hotel!
Earlier in the evening Double Deuce (bar/restaurant) have karaoke night, (which I usually try to skip) but after about 10-10:30 PM our chef and Asst. Dir. of F&B pulls out their laptops and start playing club music! Plenty of fun! You really have to make the best out of it, and that's why I'm jumping around the dance floor more or less by my self!

Part of the "going out crew"

Mazen doing tricks at the bar! Go Mazen, Go Mazen!

DJ Mazen

Then on my days off I hang out at, (you have heard it before!) at Chrishi Beach. Nice place to lounge, eat and drink! Go for a swim now and then or just chill!

Beach chairs with St. Kitts in the background

Chrishi Beach Club 

Sunset from my terrace with St. Kitts in the back 

Sunset from my terrace

Today after my usual lunch at Chrishi (on my day off) I went with Will to play some golf at the hotel. Fun times, but I really suck at this game! In my defense, it was my first time being on a golf course! Definitely need to go back soon to shoot some balls! At least I have "the right attire" except for the shoes! But it works well in flip flops!

Tonight Tara and I will head to Golden Rock for some dinner, and then we'll see what trouble we end up in! Will be fun since I don't have to work tomorrow!

Have a great week everyone!

Cheers my friends!

Camilla

Nevis Update

Another crazy week at work, but plenty of fun! When we get busy you really get to show what you go for!

Last night I took my "resort golf cart license"! And I passed on my first try! LOL! So, now I can drive around the resort and I don't have to walk anymore.. (yea right!) Thanks John for the session!

Today I was off and I slept in until 11am! Well needed! Got up, goofed around the house for a while and then I went "down town" to Charlestown to go to the bank and phone store. 3 people were in front of me at the bank and I still had to wait for about 30 min... Island speed! And by the way, what's up with checks and no direct deposit? Seriously, it's 2011... I hate checks, and I hate going to the bank.. At least it was only 30 minutes and to "top up" my phone took 2 min!

Then I met Tara at Chrishi Beach for lunch. After she left I hung out for a little bit, surfing on my iTouch and drinking rose! What a great day off! It was so needed! And it's so important to just disconnect from work.

Tomorrow I'm back at work and then another day off! Have a feeling there will be some party going on Thursday night though.. Friday will be spent in bed all day! No appointments!!!

Hope you all have a great Easter!

Cheers my friends!

Camilla

Day trip to St. Kitts

Did a day trip to St. Kitts on Saturday. We were lucky that our friend Will was over there with his car, so after a quick shopping round in the duty free area (where the cruise ship dock, and by the way, looks the same as any other island. Do they always have to have the same shopping?)

Anyway, Will picked us up and we did a quick tour. Saw the cinema (oh yea!), went to gamble at the Marriott (won 4 dollars!!), and finished up having lunch at Reggae Beach before taking the car back over to Nevis with the Sea Bridge ferry!

Tara and I

Work has been busy and we will have a few days of a breather before we pick up again for Easter. But it's fun being busy, and now I have a few projects to work on at work, so it will make it interesting!

Cheers my friends!

Camilla

Island Cows

Work has been busy, both business wise and also me getting used to everything! It's a lot of fun, and specially now when I know how this resort works, i.e. who I need to contact etc. for different things!

Today I finally had a day off and it was well deserved! Last night I worked until about 11:30pm and after work I met up with friends at a house party, which later moved to a bar by the airport, Rumors. Fun night, and I didn't roll in until about 4am! It was a while ago I did this!

Today me and my friend Tara decided to take it easy and eat greasy! So we went to Double Deuce for burgers (although, he was out of local beef as the "farmers" are "striking"), but I had a good BBQ chicken burger instead and it definitely hit the spot!

After that we went to a deserted beach and chilled for a while! While we were there, a herd of cows came walking down to the beach and a few were laying down (getting a tan?!) and some just standing there! Very interesting! It looked like they were on vacation or something.
Island Cows! Just chillin'! That's something for the Swedish cows!

A week ago I went to Chrishi Beach for Fondue night with 2 bands playing. The Green House (local band I think, which are great) and Mishka. Chrishi Beach is the place owned by the Norwegian couple (can you tell?!). It was a great evening, the only thing was that I had to work at 6am the next day, so I couldn't go all crazy.. But a super night!

When it comes to work, this is one part I do (see below).. Private dinners on the beach! This week I had a couple who got married at the old sugar mill on the Four Seasons property! Very nice couple, and I wish them all the best! 

Tonight we are heading back to Chrishi Beach for schnitzel (special order/request from Christina) and tomorrow me and Tara will venture over to St. Kitts to check it out and hopefully do some shopping (what ever that might be! The selection over here is rather slim)!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Cheers my friends!

Camilla

Monkey see, monkey do?!

This morning I woke up by a monkey on my roof. He was really loud!
There are a lot of monkeys around here and if it's not goats or donkeys you have to watch out for on the road, it's the monkeys! They are really cute though!

I have now finally moved out of the hotel and I am currently living with Trevor and Christina in their 2 bedroom house they are renting. I also have a rental car which gives me freedom to do what I want, when I want! I have bought a car in Japan (not sure if I checked the box "without radioactivity"). It's a red Mitsubishi Pajero iO. Hopefully it arrives at the end of April (it takes a month to ship it).
Oh, and by the way, I am now driving on the wrong side of the road! Left side and the steering wheel is on the right side.. Really backwards when you try to turn on the blinkers and the windshield wipers starts! But I'm getting there!

Red Danger!

Today I also got my work permit processed and my passport stamped, so now I can take the "residence line" at the airport! Not that it really matters, but I like the thought! The process was very painless, but there was a lot of standing around waiting.

Cheers my friends!

Camilla

Work has been busy and getting up at 5am takes at toll on me as I have been in bed (most of the time passed out too) by 8:30pm! My feet are also filled with blisters as I can not wear flip flops at work (I think they should consider that! LOL) But it's been fun and I am enjoying it so far! This week I will be doing the evening shift which I'm looking forward to!

I'm still living in the hotel as the owner of the apartment I wanted decided last minute that he was not going to rent it out monthly. He thinks he will get more money through out the year by renting it weekly to tourists. Well, good luck to you! Have heard though that I might be better off not renting from this guy.

So now I'm back house hunting and I just don't know what I want... There are 2 other apartments I saw in the beginning, but I'm not 100% sure.. But I need to get out of the hotel! I love staying in hotels, but staying in the one you work makes you feel like you work 24h a day! 

Not much else to report at the moment! 

Cheers my friends!

Mango Restaurant at Four Seasons

Camilla

Back to reality!

The Caribbean has not changed since I was here last (which I didn't expect, but still!), and I really need to get in to the island speed again! 

I have now started working at the Four Seasons Resort in Nevis, and my team in room service seem to be a hard working team, which is great! Sunday was a crazy day as we had plenty of arrivals and amenities to deliver, but with a great team it was done! After some 12 hours work with no breakfast nor lunch, I finally stumbled home (my feet were so sore! I have had flip flops for too long! Not used to the high heels anymore, but don't worry... It will happen!) 

Monday was my day off for this week! Had lunch at Banana with Christina (the relocation manager) and a new manager up in housekeeping named Carlos. Food was expensive and the waitress was terrible! I will give it a new try, for dinner, another time!

It's going to be a long week for me with all these 6am shifts as I'm not used to get up this early! 

Reality check for the wee little Swede!

Cheers my friends!

Camilla

My introduction week has come to an end and tomorrow, Sunday, reality will hit hard when I have to be at work at 6 am! =)

On Thursday night I was picked up by some staff to go to Double Deuce for dinner and entertainment (Thursday nights are Karaoke night)!! One of the Sous Chefs was celebrating his birthday and a bunch of people from the hotel showed up.

After the Karaoke was done (thank God!) the Executive Chef and the Asst. Dir. of F&B pulled out their DJ skills and the party was on.

Sous Chef Curtis and Relocation Manager Christina

And the Resort Manger (in the middle) made an appearance

Me and Daniel, one of the Restaurant Managers

Yesterday I had appointments all day with the Executive team and today I'm having the day off! Maybe I head for the Reflection Pool a little later!

Cheers my friends!

Camilla

Update

Today was the bank and the doctor on the schedule!

The doctor asked his questions, checked the blood pressure etc, and then he asked where I was from... Sweden, I said and he followed up asking if we had the Euro in Sweden... Odd questions I thought at the doctor's office, but I guess you need something to talk about. 

When I told him we still had the Swedish Kronor, he dived behind the desk and whipped out a huge booklet with money (bills) from different countries. Then he found the Swedish money and asked if I had any bills that were not there! 

Tomorrow I have meetings scheduled all day with the executive team! Will be fun!

Anyway, I finally have a few pictures to show! 

My Welcome amenity

My Birthday surprise from Will!!!

Lunch at Christy (spelling?) Beach

Goats are everywhere!

Me, Summer (sales) and Jack (training) at Mango's 

Great restaurant at the Four Seasons

Golf course with Nevis Peak in the back 

St. Kitts in the background

One of 3 pools at the resort

Cheers my friends!

Camilla

House Hunting

Today I have been all over the island (well, at least that's how it felt like) to look at some apartments.

The first two I looked at was way up in the mountain side. Both were down stairs units and in the first one I had an 70 year old woman living upstairs. Nice place (newly built) but furnishing not so great. Second one was also bran new built, great new kitchen, but the lady living in the house said she would mostly be in the states. Both I felt was maybe a little bit too isolated!

Next was a very cute little Ikea-ish place with double doors both in living room/kitchen and bedroom, out to a terrace with a wonderful view of the ocean and St. Kitts. Definitely my type of decor! Close to the hotel as well!

Then we went to see another one which was slightly scary... Very island-ish! Isolated as well. Then we headed for an "apartment complex" where the guy over promise and under deliver. Nice place, very American kind of look. It was a 2 bedroom apartment, so it could be good if someone comes to visit! (Who's coming?!). After this one I saw a very scary one... The house was not even finished. It was more or less still a concrete splash, and it was very small...

Still waiting for one more apartment (waiting to hear if the guy living there is actually moving out or not) and I hope I can see it very soon!

Interesting day! Tomorrow I'm heading towards the bank to open an account, and then I will head for the doctors office to give some blood and make sure I'm healthy (like all the tests and doctor's visits I had to do prior to arriving were not enough!). I might have caugh something on the plane over here!

Cheers my friends!

Camilla