Over the Easter break we headed to Grenada with Emily, Hugo and little Matilda. We stayed in a gorgeous guest house right on Grand Anse Beach. Many of you reading this will know that we had a horrifically traumatic experience there which, to be honest, continues to haunt us. While what occurred will be with us for life, we're all here, doing fine and count our blessings daily. If reading this is a surprise to you in any way, feel free to e-mail us and we'll fill you in. After the event, we decided to stay on in Grenada to reclaim our experience of it and create some fond memories. I am happy to say that we succeeded and that we got to see how beautiful the island is and how welcoming and friendly the people of Grenada are. We went snorkelling in the Marine Protected Area on the west coast and also over, amongst and around the 65 sculptures in the Underwater Sculpture Garden in Moilinere Bay. On our last day we headed inland and saw the mountainous interior and some crazy guys jumping from the top of Annandale Falls. Below are some pics of beautiful Grenada, the way we prefer to remember it.
Looking down to the guest house's restaurant / bar, which is right on Grand Anse.
The restaurant.
Strolling along Grand Anse.
Hugo and Tilly.
A view of St George's on our way to the snorkelling sites.
St George's
Easter Sunday church service. The paddling pool was for the christening of some local littluns. The priest stripped them down and dunked each of them in head-to-toe three times!
St George's - there's something about it that makes it the Hobart of the Caribbean.
Annandale Falls
The crazy but very friendly cliff jumpers.
Hugo showing that, if it weren't for the baby on his arm and his pink polo, he too is tough enough to jump off cliffs.
Gimme back my Tilly!
A reference to the 1983 U.S. led invasion of Grenada.
Kite flying is an Easter tradition all around the Caribbean.
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Great pickies as always. Thought there may be some updates with Nanna though. How is everyone - moving on and enjoying which is a credit to all of you. Hope Hannah's trip to Aussie was good and that the kids enjoyed having Nan around for a while in her absence. All very normal here, no great news to speak of. Haven't seen bubalicious for a couple of weeks now and am having withdrawals. I hate footy season!! Nearly finished though - and unless Scotty makes it through to Grand Final we may see them sooner rather than later. Brad been enjoying bachelorhood for about 10 days while Laurence in Mauritius (or however you spell it!) celebrating her Grandmother's 90th. Spent time with Brad on weekend and babysat his dog while he did a nightshift up at Wangaratta. Graeme was over last weekend which was great catching up. All well with them. Tell Jenny that the Spiros' house next door (the single storey cream on on the right side) is up for sale if she's looking for somewhere to live!!! Work busy as always, still gyming and socialising at Beaumaris and of course at the wine bar - but not quite as often. Oh well, hope everyone is loving life and feeling great. Love to all, Aunty Vicki. xxx
Hey Vick,
Not sure if you'll get a prompt to come back to this and thus not sure whether you'll see this response, but its worth a try.
There will be some updates with Mum's time here I'm just a little behind. I've got to blog our Dubai trip, our return to Trinidad through New York and a trip "Down d Islands" in Trinidad first to keep the blog in chronological order. It's tough to keep up with it all, but it's such a great reference for us and a great way to share the pics with others so I've gotta keep up. We also just got back from a long weekend in Antigua & Barbuda, which was just stunning. My favourite Caribbean island so far. If you can talk Robbo into a Caribbean holiday I'd high recommend it. I'll get around to blogging that trip sometime soon. The photos are specy because the island is so beautiful. Great to get an update from you! Lots of love from the four of us.
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