Sunday, June 7, 2009

Rainy Sunday

(Sorry for the delay on publishing this one... I just realized I had started this a few weeks ago, but forgot to post it!)

Today was a dreary, rainy, windy day here in Grenada! We had planned to go
out to visit friends, but ended up lounging around the house all day. It was actually quite cool!

Yesterday we
attended another hash... this one a twilight hash under the full moon. I was really looking forward to this one because it was going to be in the city of St. George's, and I'm scoping out areas in town to do some photography. We started at the new marina at Port Louis. The trail this time even included a brief "ferry" ride in a small boat to get across the lagoon to the streets in town. The views were spectacular (as usual)! They called this one the Hash of 1000 steps, as there are a LOT of steps to maneuver as you weave through the streets in town. (By the way... the tunnel in the photo is in town. It's one way for vehicles, but pedestrians use it as well. Notice the maximum height?) For fun, they also asked that everyone wear an ugly tie... since we were in the city!

Last weekend I attended a Dance Festival with my neighbors. (One of them
teaches ballet and had her group in this show.) It was interesting to see all the different dance troups. I believe 3 or 4 of them were from Grenada, but there were also groups from Trinidad, Cuba, St. Vincent, and Martinique. I thought it was a very good show... just a little long though because it started a bit late.

This past Monday was another holiday (Whit Monday), so the stores were all closed. We were out on Sunday getting groceries
and we saw a truck with sofas in the back... arranged for the families to sit in while being transported to a beach for the day I suppose.