Scooters on the Wrong Side of the Road

11/1/2009 -

Woke up today and were off to rent scooters. Big sign says: Do not rent dual seat scooters if you have not ridden one before. Well I can't drive myself and Jim's driven ATVs so I figure it's fine. We lie and say we have ridden scooters before. We rent our 2 person scooter and we're off to look at a few houses. First Jim almost runs himself off the road as the rental guy asks him to try it out. Did I mention they drive on the wrong side of the road here and that scooter accidents are the number one type of accident here? But we have to get around so we have no choice since we don't have licenses to drive cars yet.

First we're off to the west side to see a rental. I fall in love with the house. It's huge (definitely shouldn't have left all our funiture back home) and has huge fireplaces, a Viking stove and double ovens, huge terraces, fruit trees and herb gardens. But not waterfront :(. It's about a 7 minute walk to the beach. But it's also super private and secluded, just like I like. Spent about 2 hours there, then it was back towards the hotel. We stopped by the market for a few essentials, which of course cost us $81. We did find a hot food bar there and filled up 2 containers of food (think ribs, mac and cheese, cornbread, fried fish, etc.). 2.3 lbs of grocery store food cost us $22 and we thought it was a great deal. Back to the hotel so we could eat, but we didn't have time. So we're back out and go east to St. George's. I'm super excited to see the house because it was the one that was on This Old House and totally rehabbed. The house was nice, but not as great as I thought it'd be. The yard was also small and the neighborhood totally different. I think I like the first house better, but we have a few appointments this week to go see some more places. Hopefully we'll find something good!

Back to the hotel to eat our $22 grocery store meal for dinner. My new diet is eating one meal a day cause food is too expensive here. Perhaps I'll finally lose weight! First day of work tomorrow. Not ready to start work at all, but at least my commute is less than 10 minutes.