Showing posts with label St. George's. Show all posts
Showing posts with label St. George's. Show all posts

Apr 1, 2012

A Day In Town

On Monday, I had my weekly SO board meeting at the University Club, so we spent the morning poolside.
University Club


Dad was excited to do some kayaking around Prickly Bay.

Apparently that wore him out.  Then it was time for a snooze.  Hey, he's on vacation.  It's allowed.

After lunch at the pool, we headed into St. George's to show the rents the spice market, the old churchs, and Fort George.
Downtown St. George's

Spice Market


This church was all but destroyed by Hurrican Ivan in 2004.



Mom, Me, Rach, Dad
Fort George


View of St. George's from Fort George.
After seeing the sights of St. George's, we came home, showered off, and headed to the crab races at the Owl Bar.  Julie's mom Phyllis has been in town as well and we all enjoyed betting on the crabs.  Mom even won a race! 
Me, Julie, Rachel, and Phyllis


Mom and I with our crabs (Mooshoe and Shelby)
We all had so much fun and I think they felt like they were getting to enjoy a very "Grenadian" experience!

Aug 3, 2011

St. George's

Last Friday, my friend Kelsey was kind enough to take me on a little sight-seeing tour of the city of St. George's.  It is the capital of Grenada and about a 15 minute drive from where we live. The city is a little chaotic and I don't know if I'd be ready to venture there alone yet, but it was definitely fun to see what is down there.


We went into the produce/spice market.  I didn't buy anything because most of it was similarly priced to the IGA, but two guys did reach out and grab my ponytail.  Very Weird.  I think Grenadian people are really intrigued by "white girl" hair and apparently, they don't understand the concept of personal space.

A view from the top.
We then proceeded to the local fish market.  Kelsey planned to cook some fresh caught fish for dinner.  I would have considered buying some fish if not for three reasons:
1. I don't know how to cook fish.
2. I'm not sure if I even LIKE fish.
3. If I could have stood in the fish market for longer than 5 minutes without feeling like I had to vomit.

A little mahi mahi

Scales flying everywhere! Yuck!
So needless to say, there was no fish buying for me. Maybe on another day. Or not.