It’s been almost six months since I raced against the end-of-year clock to write and publish the last three posts of my Eurotrip adventure. Well, 2/3 isn’t bad, right? If you missed them, here they…
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Once Upon a Time in Warsaw
When it came my turn to select the cities for our Eurotrip, Warsaw was at the top of my list. My grandfather was from Poland, but he died before my third birthday — much too…
That Time I Fell In Love With Prague
Picking up from where we left off several months not too long ago, the adventures of 2 Grenadians and Google Translate continue in Prague, Czech Republic! The next stop on our Eurotrip adventure, Prague, was…
Dining, Defining and Glowing Up
It’s easy sometimes to get so consumed by the ‘every day’ parts of life – work, responsibilities, relationships – that you end up putting your passions, those things that truly make you happy, on the…
Barcelona in 26,000 Steps
If you haven’t already read Adventures of An Island Girl: EuroTrip Edition, go read it and then come back here. So what do you do when you’ve only got one day to explore the magnificent…
Adventures of An Island Girl: EuroTrip Edition
15 days. 4 countries. 2 Grenadians and Google Translate. When I got the book 1,000 Places To See Before You Die as a Christmas gift in 2015, I immediately started checking off the places I had…
Snow Angel
“Yuh leave good good Grenada to come in Canada in December…” After a particularly intense and frustrating semester that didn’t seem to end soon enough, I decided that I needed a break, not just…
Taste the Feeling
As an undergraduate student at St. George’s University, whenever people heard that I was a Liberal Studies major, their first question was always “what can you do with that?” Or “so you’re going to teach?” when…
Just Add Water…Part 3
A few days ago I read an article published in The Grenada Informer newspaper entitled “Grenada Swimmers Deserve Better”. It resonated with me because 8 years ago I wrote an article (that was never published)…
Spicemas 2016: Sprains Can’t Stop the Mas
Once upon a time an ankle sprain threatened to stop the mas. But, in the wise words of many a masquerader, “mas must play!” Grenada Carnival, better known as Spicemas, is the best time…