Now all have left except the Basel lot, they flew in pretty late so I have not had so much time with them. So it was great to catch up with them properly. We met for lunch in the day at Blakey's and then again for dinner at Castaways. They keep raving about all the yummy food, Barbados is definitely not short on great places to eat.
I have missed this lot loads, so great to have them all here. Even better as there is new members in the group, Doug, Maria's man and of course, Patrick and Ellie's six month old Peter. A very cute brother for my fabulous God Daughter. Another great meal and night.
Official wedding week is now over, but that did no mean the fun was. There are still guests in the island and now I can spend some proper time with them. Sadly though my husband (wow, husband, how great is that!) had to return early that morning to Quito for work. Nicola and Paddy and Luis's family also left the day before and Dad and Karen today. So it is definitely a bit quieter and I was so sad to see all of them go. These things just go by too quickly!
Shelly (who also sadly left today), Dad, Karen and myself enjoyed breakfast at a new cafe called Bliss. It was good, although I now know I just cannot do eggs anymore.
That evening I spend with the remaining Canadians, Tracy, Amy, Ryan, Alora and kiddies
Love the kids, just wish I saw them more often.
We went to Castaways, a newish restaurant opened by an old friend, Chris. It as fabulous, so good in fact I decided to take the Basel peeps there the next night.
I could never ever ever have imagined such a perfect week, the weather was fantastic, the events went better than I could ever have pictured and most importantly all had a good time. I was so impressed with the tourism in Barbados, people were fantastic and helpful and every one could not say enough of how wonderfully friendly and helpful Bajans are. It made me very proud.
But the thing that made it the best ever, was the people. We had around eighty people fly in for the event, it was so moving to look around and see all these people from different parts of our lives in one place. Ecuador, Nicaragua, America, Canada, Barbados, England, Scotland, Ireland, Jersey, Italy, Sweden, Romania, and Switzerland were all represented, and we all just had a a great time together. It was very over whelming at times.
I was so happy Luis's sisters, niece, brother in law, mum and dad could make it as well, as this was not easy for them and much appreciated. It was great to have my sister, Paddy, Dad and Karen here too, and I know how much effort this took for all.
My family helped make this the most special day and week ever. Every part of our wedding was made possible by our family and friends. They did the decorations, flowers, cake, pictures, put it all together, took it all down, and it had that feel to it, you just knew that a lot of love and effort went into everything.
The last BBQ, many people had left by, but still we had fifty in attendance and again, shockingly I will have to say it was a great night!
End of official wedding week but still loads more things on as people are still on the island until the 4th of July. Going to be a great weekend!
This was the event I was most excited for, it is a brilliant day out and I knew how much everyone would enjoy it. Cool Runnings catamarans our family and friends has been using for years and they never ever disappoint. I think people would have stayed on it for several more hours or days if they were given the choice. It takes you up the beautiful golden West coast of Barbados to swim with the turtles, snorkel, have a lovely lunch and a bit of a dance on the way back. We had another spectacular day, the sun was shining brightly and the sea was crystal clear. We had the boat to ourselves, and the 80 of us had a blast.
A fantastic day out, I believe all had a great time.
We had a full bus for the island tour, in fact we even had Hottie and Vicki following us with some over flow. It was a beautiful day, in fact, I cannot remember a time where I have been on an island tour and it was so beautiful. We started on the South Coast, traveled up the West and all the posh places to North Point and came back down the East Coast. It was great to show everyone how different the coasts of this little rock are. We ended the tour with an hour swim at the famous Crane beach and then another meal at Oistin's Fish fry.
When (not if) you make it to this beautiful island, make sure that you explore it. I always feel badly for tourists who say they only visited one coast or just stayed in their hotel. There is loads to see and it is small enough that you can do it. A great day had by all!
I have missed this lot loads, so great to have them all here. Even better as there is new members in the group, Doug, Maria's man and of course, Patrick and Ellie's six month old Peter. A very cute brother for my fabulous God Daughter. Another great meal and night.
