11 days in

Well it's 11 days since I arrived here and I can't believe how fast the time is going. I'm staying in Melbourne, Florida with my lifelong friend Josephine and her hubby Charlie, which is great in itself. I've met many of their fabulous friends and also spent time with Jo's Mum who lives nearby. So socially life out here is good.............we've been jetskiing, to the gym, out for dinner, to the beach and later I shall experience Ice Hockey for the first time, this is just at the weekend! I'm also hoping that the shuttle gets to go up on Sun/Mon as the first attempt was cancelled and we are near The Kennedy Space Center, so can view from the beach.



Now to the reason I came here 'entrepreneurship', everyone here is so helpful to me. I've been into the Florida Institute of Technology University which houses it's own Business Centre, also encompassing the WBC, Women's Business Centre. I've taken part in a course, met many likeminded entrepreneurs, had a meeting with the director..........who would like to do some work with us! That's me, business development to the end. I've got lots of meetings scheduled and a conference I'm booked onto with many people teaching lots of the subjects I do, so I'm sure I will learn a lot and have lots of ideas.



I've also met a lovely lady Bonnie who I will be interviewing next week, she's a busy lady right now as she owns her own creative industry, teaching the youth of Florida the joy of dance. Her school 'Viera Dance Conservatory', were at competitions last weekend........they won all the trophies available, and it is their recital tomorrow evening which I have a ticket for. I was also privileged to watch 5 hours of classes last week and noticed that the children are taught to take responsibility for themselves, also that there is no exam structure out here, although the technique is still superb, the emphasis is on performance. I'm looking forward to watching their evening performance tomorrow and experiencing it for myself. Bye for now Lou