Dominica is at 15.8 degrees north lattitude, 61 degrees west. We're closer to Venezuela than the States. Shane is attending Ross University School of Medicine (a subsidiary of DeVry.) We flew in through the mountains of the island on April 30th, and moved in to our apartment on May 1st. If you want to know what our little piece of paradise looks like you can watch Pirates of the Caribbean 2 or 3 or you can watch "Pirate Master" on CBS since they were all filmed here. The island is 16 miles wide and about 29 miles long, with the capital Roseau being about 25 miles to the south from us. Those 25 miles take about 45 minutes to an hour to travel by bus because of the mountainous terrain. There are many things to see on the island, and even more things to see around the island if you care to snorkel or scuba dive. We've all ready toured several of the "nature island's" tourist attractions, and we are looking forward to experiencing many more of the island's natural beauties.
In an effort to maintain friendships and share our knowledge we are opening this blog. I say "we" but I really mean "I" because my husband won't have the time and the children are too young to add their own thoughts, all though I will probably catalogue their advice from time to time! If I am able to devote the time, I would like this blog to be available to future families of Ross Students so that they can prepare and learn from our advetures, in addition to keeping our family and friends posted on our whereabouts and adventures. I'd like to open this blog with a picture I took from the airplane of Dominica. I figure it's a pretty decent opener to this chapter in our lives....
