Totally fallen in love with Grenada

Wow …. This week certainly has overtaken us…probably because there was so much to do and to achieve until our BIG DAY. All week we have been busy with cleaning, polishing, varnishing, tidying and clearing our JUCA from everything that is not needed anymore. This weekend we do have the day that we have been waiting for a long time; the potential buyer is coming for inspection, survey and sea trial…..keeping our fingers crossed that this will be our last survey and sea trial and that we are going to sell this time around. My emotions have been going up and down this week…on one side I am sad to sell our JUCA and on the other hand I am sooo ready to move back to New Zealand to start something new. Julia and Carlos have been on their school break this week, so that made it quite easy to fully concentrate on the preparations for this weekend. However between all our chores we squeezed in our cooking class on Thursday with Esther and Omega. This week they showed us how to bake Swordfish in a white wine sauce topped with breadcrumbs and local seasoning, and the side dish has been Christophene Gratin….once again it was a delightful class and the meal was very delicious. This time round the class had grown again; 40 people attended this weeks cooking session….the growing number shows evidence for the success of this session and how it has grown in popularity within the sailing community. On Wednesday the children and I went to visit Sharon up the hill. She very kindly made time for the kids and me and some more painting before flying off to the States for a couple of weeks. I finished off my little yoga keyword rocks and Julia and Carlos painted a Calabash bowl and Nola took them for a walk with her dog “Terra”. I had actually planned to stay only for an hour or so, but we ended up staying all afternoon as we enjoyed each other’s company once more. What a shame that we won’t have more time to spend with each other, but at least we made the most out of it and I am sure our path will cross again. On Friday we went over to the Grande Anse Beach to meet Amy and her children. Carlos had been counting the days until Friday and was very excited to see his friend William again. Since I had lost his flip flops in the morning we had to take a little detour via St. George to buy some new ones. Bingo it took only a couple of shops for us to find the exact same one again. I love the convenience of the public transport here in Grenada. It took the three of us under an hour and only $ 5 EC (NZ $ 2) to catch the bus to St. George to buy the shoes ($10 EC) and back again. The amount of flip flops we have gone through in the last 2 years is unreal and would probably entitle us to go into the Guinness Books of Records. However we quickly hopped back on the bus and finally met Amy at the beach. We all jumped into the “cold” water and the children had a couple of hour’s fun playing in the crystal clear water, building sandcastles, and zooming along the beach. These are the moments that I will truly miss when living back in New Zealand. I simply have fallen in love with Grenada and our weekly entertainments.