Submitted by Mia Mazal on the 2019 winter session program in Barbados sponsored by the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences and the Department of Hospitality Business Management…
My first week in Barbados has flown by because of all the activities we did. As part of our class, we did a full day excursion of the island. We visited ten of the eleven parishes in just one day! Throughout the day, we made several stops. These stops included the largest Caribbean windmill, a fresh fish lunch on the beach and Rihanna’s house. We were able to visit one of the 60 historic churches on the island where the Prime Minister David John Howard Thompson was buried. While driving from place to place, we saw an original chattel house. A chattel house is a small wooden house that can be picked up and moved. Slaves used it when they needed to move between plantations. I was amazed as to how much we were able to learn and experience in one day. I can’t wait to see what the next week brings!
