When we went back to the states for the holidays, I tried to do the right thing and applied for a visa to go back to the UK to live there the rest of the year. Sadly I was denied so Phil was on his own for Term 2 in our large freezing apartment. He was also on his own to send me back many of my belongings including an iMac and to pack up the entire apartment. Yes, I felt terrible! But he did an amazing job considering he was studying what seemed like 24/7. At the end of Term 2, the students in the Newcastle program load all of their stuff in a "crate" that will be shipped to Grenada over the summer.
When we got to Grenada, all of the students from England were very anxious to get their things from the crate. Finally, after much debate with customs regarding taxes, we had a day that the crate would be arriving on campus. I had heard horror stories about boxes being everywhere such as here so we made sure to be there right when it arrived!
This was the truck carrying the crate. It was huge! We couldn't believe it maneuvered it's way to the very back of the campus.
Everyone was so ready to get their stuff and get out of there! It was so hot and humid.
Unloading the crate. Great teamwork so it went fast!
And then a random plane went by that was taking off. I didn't realize the campus was so close to the runway!! We also had a random cow behind that fence mooing at us the whole time. TIG (this is Grenada - I will be using this term a lot probably).
We shared a taxi with the Daves and completely filled the van.
Yayyyy! Unpacking the boxes! It was like Christmas for me especially since I hadn't seen our things in over 6 months. Phil was excited too but probably more excited to be done moving boxes.
"Before" pictures...
"After" pictures. We did this all in one day because we were so excited. It looks so much better!!
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