Imagine: One 20 yr. old girl in 1978A one way ticket to St. Thomas from California
Doesn't know a soul.No place to stay, even for the 1st night
No job lined up
$500 to her name.
What happened to this shy, naive girl?
She found a very cool B&B to stay at for a few weeks,
got a job at a very nice resort, rented a room
from an amazing older woman named M.E. 
Made alot of friends, and had the time of her life!
Moral of this story: Life is short, enjoy each moment!
Did I know this about you? For some reason I think we talked about it before (although I might had been tipsy from white zin and sprite in a paper cup from behind the bar LOL)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great story! Kind of like my plan when I ended up going to France as a nanny ...
Have you been back since?
We probably did talk about it...white zin and sprite in a cup....the necessary means to get thru an evening of waitressing...haha
ReplyDeleteI would love to take my kids there to show them around...I probably has changed alot in 30 years...it would be fun though.
What a wonderful tale! It's so important to do things like this in life. I've done it twice so far: packed up and went and studied in Slovenia for a year (verdict: best year of my life). And a couple of years ago I quit my job and went to work/volunteer and travel in New Zealand for 6 months (verdict: on a par with the best time in my life).
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Red Boots - That's what life is all about living and learning about different people and cultures and yourself...Happy Traveling...:)
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