If Mauritius only has 2 seasons - shouldn't the name of the hotel be the "2 Seasons Resort"??

I continued to be amazed at the amount of people that follow this blog...I love it!! I continue to learn something new here everyday - whether it be a new word of phrase (big thanks to alex and stephanie for this one) or another way of going about something-I am so grateful!

Yesterday was quite an interesting day to say the least. I spent the morning here at the office catching up on housekeeping things etc. Soon after a quick lunch with Alex, Pamela and I left to travel to Beau Champs for our meeting at the four seasons. We left at about 2:30 for our 3:30 appointment and thought that that would be a good amount of time-we were so wrong...

It took almost TWO HOURS from Port Louis. So we were an hour late for our appointment and I was incredibly anxious and worried. It is unprofessional to be late and I was worried that we would jeopardize ATS's chances of getting new business. However, it turned out that the man with whom we had our meeting is an old friend of Pamelas and he understood completely. He was incredibly nice and helped me immensely. He was yet another person who made me feel good about my french speaking abilities - it was a great feeling because I am used to saying things incorrectly all day long and being corrected (to clarify- I am not mad at those who correct me - I just get frustrated with myself because I expect nothing but perfection at all times - a flaw of mine).

When we left it was about 5:00 so I told Pamela that I would drop her off at home. The east coast of the island is incredibly different from the west coast (west siiidddeee lol) as there was practically no one on the road...great driving conditions. It wasn't too difficult to find our way back as Pamela is a huge help to me! Luckily - I didn't have much farther to go when I dropped her off - it was easy to find the way home!

When I walked in the door - Audrey said to me "I was actually going to call you." I was afterall almost an hour late getting home!! I went to bed shortly after 9 pm and slept great!!

Some little things:
-I have seen several cars with "Baby on Board" placards - I never understood this even at home...don't you think that if I could voluntarily choose to find myself in a car accident that I would choose my worst enemy instead of a car with a baby???
-a popular condiment here in mauritius is "piment"-a spicy green sauce..i cant handle it but Audrey has her own recipe and makes it for all her friends -they all love it!!
-at the 4 seasons yesterday everyone thought pamela was there for a job interview
-we were not allowed to go through the main entrance because it was for "guests only"-however the service entrance that we were directed to made us follow the same interior road that passed by this "guest entrance" - life goes on
-upon leaving port louis- Pamela showed me a way to go north without having to go south like the day before...i ended up making a wrong turn and went south to go north just the same...lesson learned the hard way
-on the way home - we were admiring a painting on the back of a bus that was stopped in front of us...only to realize 5 min later that the bus was parked...yes i was tired

Off to more meetings this afternoon!!

More later....