Submitted by Georgina Class-Peters on the 2015 winter session program in Barbados sponsored by the Department of Human Development and Family Studies and the Department of Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management…
Now that the shock of being abroad has sort of worn off, I have been able to get a lot of things done. This past week, I made it my goal to work ahead and complete some future assignments and follow up on some RSO items. Now that I’ve been able to absorb the culture, I have also found that I am taking less pictures. Although I want to have physical memories of my trip, I also do not want to be living through the lens.
This week at placements, I participated in eliminations for sports day. Each student represents their neighborhood in an island wide track race. At my school, students run for Red house, Green house, and Yellow house. I could not help but chuckle when the children would repeatedly ask me what house I belonged to. They made me an honorary Green house member which I was fine with, simply because Green house was current reigning champion. It was cool to see the energy and excitement each team brought to the race. They wanted to make their houses and families proud.
On Friday, a group of us took a trip down to Oistins for a fish fry. There were so many vendors there selling food, dresses, souvenirs, and other memorabilia. The line for Pat’s was the longest with about an hour wait time because their food was said to be the best. I was starving and had no patience so I settled for another vendor, which was still tasty. There was a stage for people to go up and dance. Outside of New York City, I have never seen so many people in one place. As I was having the time of my life, I spotted a chicken and I freaked out! Seems silly, especially because our mascot is a blue hen, but I am terribly afraid of chickens.
After Oistins, we went to the Nanikki Barbados Music Festival which was a lot of fun. The venue was beautiful and the air was crisp. We saw Stefan Walcott, a member of C4, and also one of our guest speakers perform. He is extremely talented and knowledgeable. Both times he visited our class, I was thoroughly impressed with his wealth of knowledge. David Rudder a big time artist also turned out the house. I had a great time to say the least.
