Silvano On The Go

I got really lazy and didn't upload my last three blogs of last year, so, before I start my travels in 2012 I thought I should get it done. Here they are: Here I go, WAY overdue with these blogs again. Too busy travelling to write, right? Every year I think ‘this is the year I’ll give Barbados a miss’ but for some reason I end up there every year! This year, it was for my cousin’s wedding in July. Which just so happened to coincide with one of the busiest seasons – Crop Over. This year I attended Pan pon di san for the first time. The family orientated Steel Pan event is held at Brandon’s beach. Strangely enough it was also the first time I’d ever visited the Barbados Museum. Small, basic but imformative. As always, mum was doing improvements to the house and as usual, we all got stuck in. It was the first time Anthony had seen eaten a pomegranate I always enjoy spending time with my godsons. The shoot up so quickly between visits I try to go to the beach early morn...

Big thank you to Citrix who sponsored a luxury 3 night, 4 day break to Marbella for employees and spouses / partners as an incentive for the company hitting its annual target. There was a selection of flight times but as I always like to make the most of any travel opportunity, we went for the earliest BA flight out (06.50) and the latest back (18.10). Thursday Maybe I’m showing my age but I remember when British Airways used to be the airline to fly! On board breakfast was a tiny dry cheese twist, a similarly tiny chocolate twist, some yogurt and oats gunky, and some other inedible thing. We were met at the airport in Malaga and transferred to the 5 star, luxury resort of Hotel Puente Romano in Marbella. We had a beautiful deluxe garden room with all the trimmings and a very short walk to the beach. After a shower, I remember climbing into bed saying I wanted a quick nap before lunch. The next thing I knew it was after 4 in the afternoon! As dinner was only a few hours away,...

Convinced the husband that he should take the 3 days between the 2 bank holiday weekends and use it to visit family in Atlanta, as we’d be unable to go during the summer. Although my last visit was only 5 months ago, for some reason the flight seemed endless. Me, who usually finds it difficult to sit through 1 film found myself watching 4 – Gulliver’s travel, Tangled, Convicted and Rabbit Hole. Remembering the length of the queue at immigration last time and just how long it had taken us to clear, I was prepared. As soon as we disembarked the plane we made a beeline to immigration. Bursting as I was for the loo there was no such time for trivialities. Easter was very different to UK, as it’s not recognized as a bank holiday. We did however attend a musical production of the life, death and resurrection of Christ. It was phenomenal. Impressive set, great cast (including acrobats) and professional singers. Wow, wish we could produce something of that quality at our church! An imp...