Crop-over fever as officially taken over Barbados. Crop over is the celebration of the end of the sugar cane harvest. It is now more and excuse for parties, parades, and various other things. Over the weekend, there is the Bridgetown Market. They shut down a section of the main highway near Bridgetown, and vendors and crafts people come to display and sell their wares. At the market this year, there was a group of men who played some music, but it was an incredibly hot day, so I think they spent more time resting in the shade than actually playing :-)
One of the places was a glass making place, where they use blowtorches and tools to shape glass into beautiful pendants and beads. Vanessa and I both asked for custom pieces, which they made on site. I got a fabulous little fish that looks like a cross between a angelfish and a damselfish, with gold touchs on the fins. It's quite nice, and at $25 Barbados (2 Bajan = 1 USD), the price as right too. There were tons of places to eat, though it took Sylvain and I a couple tries to find a place that had both chicken and macaroni pie, but we found one and enjoyed our lunch. As we were leaving, we found one loan dancer lost in his world. Mind you, the sun was glaring and it was 34C, but he certainly had a great time dancing right in front of the speakers!
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