Lara’s Ninth
Birthday girl! The “cake”. Which started out with a meringue base. Which Lara decorated with whipped cream topped with fresh fruits. There were presents – slippers from big brother! A penguin stamp: A digital watch: And Lego – Research Institute: Yipee!! I predict we’ll be repairing some trim around the house in the upcoming months […]
Goodbye Barbados
The flight was delayed by an hour (because the plane had to get de-iced in Toronto on its way down), and as a result we sat on the tarmac for a couple more hours after landing, and didn’t get home until around 2am 🙁 Neil: Incredibly uncomfortable seats! Maybe try WestJet instead of Rouge, next […]
Bajan sunsets and nights
Nolan: A lot of the sunsets we saw were very nice and colourful. If you look closely, you can see the door where the port pilot enters to guide ship into the port. No window screens so mosquito coils and citronella oil were necessary. Lara: To me the coils and citronella oil did not really […]
Bajan Christmas 2017
Bought some sorrel and made the Bajan Christmas drink. Nolan: It was good, but kind of sour and I added too much sugar syrup. Christmas presents in Barbados! Nolan: When I first opened the present and saw the book, I was interested and so I started reading it. It turns out it is quite interesting! […]
Barbados – explorations
Well camouflaged crab. Lara: Sea urchin!! SPIKY WATCH OUT!!!! Nolan: Lara, Dad and I went on a long walk on the beach while Felix stayed home sick with Mom and Grandpa 🙁 Dad almost stepped on the other sea urchin we saw on the walk. Lara: Rocky road!! Nolan: Lara thought that those cool rock […]
Barbados – first days
Uncle Tony came by to drive us to the grocery store and back!! View from the balcony. We stayed on the second floor of the Sandbox apartment on Brighton Beach Rd. North, St. Michael. It had two air-conditioned bedrooms (most nights, the 3 kids and Grandpa shared a room).