Not another holiday... ! A relaxing trip to Barbados Day 4


Thurs 4th Sept

This morning we had breakfast at around 9 then went out for a wander. We knew the garrison was nearby and so headed to look around. Whilst on the way we realised that the house where George Washington ‘lived’ (he stayed on the island for 6 weeks in 1751) was just down the road.

We headed to the house and paid our entry fee (it was $20 US). We were taken to watch a movie explaining the background of how George came to the island (his brother had TB and they were looking for a cure).
 
 

Afterward we were taken across to the house which has been restored and staged with furniture appropriate to the time period.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unfortunately George’s brother later died from TB but George contracted (and survived) smallpox whilst in Barbados which the Barbadians are quite proud of....!

We stopped to have a drink in the coffee shop and were amazed at the bargain – we had 2 bottles of coke which only cost us $3 whereas we found it to cost almost twice this much everywhere else we went!

Just before 12 we headed back to watch the Changing of the Sentry ceremony which was interesting and at times quite amusing.
 
 
The guard duties were carried out as early as the late 1700’s. The instructions given to the guards at the start of their shifts were highly amusing as it included a reminder not to lie down or got to sleep whilst on duty. Given that each shift only lasted an hour this seems an odd reminder to issue....!
 
 
 
 
The ceremony takes about half an hour and it was baking hot so by the end we were roasting...! We bought a couple of souvenirs including some cufflinks from the Barbados Defence Force :)


We headed back to the hotel and decided to spend some more time at the beach this afternoon. Still so lovely and warm in the water and nice and peaceful too.

We eventually dragged ourselves back to the room to shower and change.
We continued our afternoon routine of getting drinks and snacks. Today we had the offer of chicken wings and beef sandwiches – I wasn’t too keen on the beef.
 
 

As if it were needed we then got dinner in the hotel before watching some tv.

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