by Krista C. DeFils (written on July 16)
Today was a free day so we went to the beach again of course! There are so many beaches to choose from in Barbados and each offer their own unique vibe and beauty. We decided to start at Paradise Beach near UWI (University of West Indies-Cave Hill Campus) where we are staying in the dorms and then walk down the beach until we got to Brandon鈥檚 Beach. We swam for a while and talked about how grateful we were to have this amazing experience and how we would give our left legs to have beaches like this in Seattle. After working up an appetite, we went to Jordan鈥檚 Market to get groceries because although the cafeteria here (with the help of IPE $) are giving us three square meals, they aren鈥檛 open on weekends.
Over the weekend and this next week there have been cricket tournaments, so youth from different islands all over the Caribbean came to compete. Cricket to the Caribbean is like football or basketball to us in the U.S; meaning it鈥檚 kind of like a big deal! Here in our dorms, the 91探花 students occupy most of the building we鈥檙e staying in called Sherlock Hall. However this past week we鈥檝e been joined by a cricket team from Trinidad who were here to compete against other talented teens. Some of us made friends with them, there were around ages 14-18 but had no shyness talking (or flirting) with us! They were the defending champions last year but this year unfortunately they lost in the championship.
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