So it is a beautiful day today, if you are a duck or if you like rain. It keeps the temperature down and is actually very pretty. And we do have ducks here at Codrington College.
Tomorrow we are off to Church at 7:15 a.m., with a picnic on the ocean side afterwards (bring clothes to change into, but not swim wear.) It is always fun to listen to people talk island politics; it is like listening to Colusa people talk politics, as there are about as many people on each island, more or less. Barbados, of course, being so big, has a lot more people.
The water out of the tap here in Barbados is potable, except on the southeastern stretch of the island during the rainy season. Guess where Codrington is... Anne very carefully makes sure we have potable water in the flat.
Now that we are on vacation for real, we have to pay for the flat. But it includes 3 meals a day, which is a wonderful addition. And the food is not geared towards Americans, but is real island food for island people. Some of it we don't like so well, and some of it is wonderful (cheesy breadfriut). I am getting served fish at least once a day, but since it is usually Tobago flying fish, I am a happy camper. The flying fish is a small fish, cut in half (gutted and de-headed), and fried up.
The Atlantic is a grey stormy mass right now, but it has a beauty all its own. BTW, for anyone who cares, we are 2825 miles from Senegal, Africa. This is the big reason that there is little swimming on the east side of the island. The undertow and strength of the waves coming all the way from Africa can be amazingly horrific.
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