They are staying at the Grenada Grand
- a very very nice resort here with two amazing pools, and their own
little beach front property for the week. It is also a two minute walk
from our apartment - can't get better than that! J and I actually feel
like we are on vacation in our own home: working out at the hotel gym,
reading poolside, and walking around looking at other resorts [namely
for their Christmas lights...which we did on Christmas Eve to get into
the "spirit" of things since there is no snow or cold weather.] It's
been very nice. So to do a little catch-up, here are our day-by-day
updates:
Saturday:
Everyone took naps at some point during the day [worn out from travel]
and we hung out on the beach/poolside. Olivia and I did a little tubing
on the ocean, it was very fun :) To quote as we were bouncing around
on the waves and taking in the St. George's scenery: "I can't believe we
are doing this on Christmas Eve!" Yup, welcome to my world...it's
Christmas Eve?? Haha...We also opened gifts and J got all his new doctor
supplies - he was ecstatic :) Family also sent us some festive
decorations, which Olivia and I proceeded to use to decorate our house
that night before we ate dinner and watched our Christmas family
classic, While You Were Sleeping.
Sunday:
Christmas breakfast of snowmen pancakes [I will add a picture] and
advent readings through the whole Bible. "Church service" [about 10
people total] on Grand Anse Beach, followed by more poolside/beach
bumming and that night my Christmas dinner: mashed potatoes, green bean
casserole, and chicken. We also watched Captain America after that...one of J's gifts...how festive ;)
Monday: J and I have fallen in love with a local German restaurant here called The Schnitzelhaus.
We called ahead of time, and they were indeed open [most things
weren't] and so we thought it might also be a good day to get downtown
and check out things while the city was slow. Well, slow was an
understatement. It was DEAD. But we enjoyed a really great lunch and
amazing desert [ice cream stuffed pancakes!] at The Schnitzelhaus,
and then went on our merry way through the city. In a way, it was
really nice - we weren't haggled, and we were still able to get some
things in the souvenir side of the market - though the fruit/veggie
vendors were no where to be seen. We wanted to do the Fort George tour,
but it was also closed, so we just walked all the way around it and
tried to give our own tour instead :) We got some great views, maybe
not AS great as the top of Fort George, but we may go back...We also
happened upon an art gallery!!! I have been looking for local artists
forever now, and we finally found one who invited us to his art show
tomorrow at one of the resorts. I'm going to see if we can get to it at
some point...it might also be nice [although slightly overwhelming] to
see the city in full swing. We came home and Mom, Dad and Livie hung out
on the pool/beach before coming to our place for dinner, after which we
started watching Thor [another gift] before heading out
for....crab racing!!! We walked along the deserted streets and then
walked through another [gorgeous!] resort to get the beach and kept
walking from there. Finally, we made it to The Owl in time to see the
last two races. We bet on 4 out of the 6 crabs and none of them won!
Haha, but I did get to "start" the last race [take the big bowl off of
the hermit crabs so they could "race"]. It was very fun, and I'm glad
we made it for a bit at least - and then we walked all the way home on
the beach under the huge, clear, beautiful canopy of stars and
constellations, all the while enjoying the crashing of waves and warm
water - it was amazing.
Dad's snowman...we didn't have enough coasters for coffee AND water...so this was the compromise :)
Christmas dinner!
Today
we are going to head to campus [we need to buy eggs] and show everyone
around there. I think we are also going to try to make it to Trivia
Night at Prickly Bay, so that should be fun :) Plans for the rest of
this week: Belmont Estate, Seven Sisters [with Olivia and J], golfing
[Dad and J] and just more chillin' at the resort, which is SO relaxing
:)
Hope everything is well with anyone reading this! Much love from Grenada.
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