By Monika Walkosky

My name is Monika and I work in the owner liaison office in Nanaimo. I've been part of the owner liaison team for over four years.
I was born and raised in Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic. My parents wanted my brother and I to have a better future so, in 1986, they decided to emigrate. We lived in Austria for 14 months before moving to Nanaimo in October 1988.
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By Ilsa Bancroft
My name is Ilsa and I work in the Aviawest Owner Reservations and Referrals department. I worked in the Caribbean before joining Aviawest. With an RCI membership, Aviawest Owners are able to trade for a week on a luxury 50-ft sailing yacht in several locations in the Caribbean.
My job was to cook and clean for the guests, look after them in general, and take them snorkeling and scuba diving, too. Tradewinds Cruise Club offers a similar menu at each location and one of their signature dishes is the Chocolate Rum Fudge Pie. This is a really decadent dessert, but really easy to make. You can even make two at once, and freeze the second one.
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