Happy Easter!

After a fairly peaceful weekend touring the Port and Hotel Oloffson, Monday morning started off with a big bang.  Since yesterday was Easter, many of the people weren't out and most of the shops were closed since Friday, which made for a very peaceful weekend.  On Saturday, we went to see the port which has been in the media, since a majority of it collapsed, and I got to stand on the pieces that were left and take pictures of the coastline.  It really was an incredible sight especially since the water is aqua in color and very clear as well.  Afterwards, we went to visit Hotel Oloffson which used to be an old slave plantation and now is a hotel that is very involved in voodoo.  There were statues everywhere and you could really sense the history in that old mansion.  Very eerie to say the least.

Since yesterday was Easter, we only worked a half day and we had the rest of the day off.  I got a little time to soak up the sun and soon it was time for the Hotel big outdoor banquet.  The food and the music was a nice change of pace from the ordinary day and it seemed to brighten everyone spirits.

Today, though I was thrown right back into the heat of it all.  After starting the day at six this morning, I have spent the majority of the day trying to track and obtain a shipment of supplies from Fedex.  Thank the lord that my French is getting better and better, or at least my ability to apologize for my lack of fluency.  It took about 6 hours to figure out that our packages would cost over $2,000 to get out of customs or we could go down to customs ourselves and see if we had better luck.  So off to La Douane (customs) to track down our packages.  We hopped out of the car and headed to the customs office where we found out for $1 we could get the paperwork we need, then we needed $4 to pay the man with the typewriter sitting under the tree to type up the document.  Once is was sealed than we were to go to the FedEx customs facility/barn to pay the taxes ($1,000) to finally get our three packages loaded up in our possession.  Needless to say, it has been a very interesting day and I will never complain about waiting at the post office ever again!

As the day is winding down here, I am starting to feel a little less carsick/ stressed out but I'll still be working until late tonight it seems.  I am trying to upload pictures and if I can figure it out I will let you know very soon!  Jusqu'a demain!