No one had ever seen so much ice before, let alone strapped blades on their feet to stagger around on top of it, until... it came. The people from the other island, the modern one, brought it over one day and just plopped it down in the middle of our shopping center and then started charging people to enter and perpetually fall on their backsides. At first, most just looked on from the outside while the brave few entered into the slippery zone of wonder for approximately $2.50 per hour. Now it's 2 months later and some folks are really getting the hang of it, including some of my staff from the language school who have caught the bug and can't get enough. It has been a bright spot for me these last couple of months, however, the people from the other island say we have until February before they pack it up and take it home from whence it came. We'll just have to enjoy it while it lasts and hope they change their mind...
