So, first we stop by the the Harry Bayley Observatory, because I love space and science. And it’s also a ‘little known’ thing in Barbados, and I like getting off the beaten path.
So, from everything we can gather, every Friday night, the observatory is open to the public.
Well, our trip has been largely unaffected by Covid. And we’re very lucky! Practically everything is reopened. Rates are low right now. The world seems fairly safe and accessible in this moment. But alas, the observatory was still closed.
And the person who was there when we got there was SO nice. He wanted so badly for us to be able to look through the telescope, but he said for various sanitation reasons, he just couldn’t make it work.
But at least we got to head up there and see the big telescope. Then on down to Oisten’s we went.
Oisten’s is a HUGE fish fry of a bunch of restaurants that happens every Friday night.
Alex and I took quite a long walk around the area, which was really nice – walking by the water and everything.
It was really sweet because his original plan was to stop by the hotel after Mount Gay, but ultimately we didn’t. And he noticed I was carrying my sort of heavy purse and our souvenirs from Mount Gay. (I didn’t say anything. He just noticed before I even really clocked that it was heavy or anything.) And he carried my bright pink purse, like the manly man he is, not afraid of carrying a girly purse!
I thought that was really nice. We waited in a long line for some food, and played some games in the line. It was super crowded and hard to find a place to eat, but we found one more out toward the water.
Then we walked around the fish fry, which by this point was in full swing. There were dancers on a stage. Overall, it was pretty fun. It was maybe the most touristy thing we did. (We were told later if you want to hang with locals, don’t go until after 10pm.)
I could sense there was a little exhaustion in the air, but it was fun. We got home and went to bed.
(And one random cute thing was that I woke up for a second in the middle of the night, and we were two little matchy-matchy people. We had the same t-shirts on (from Mount Gay), and we were sleeping in the same position with one leg up like we were flamingos, and we had the same eye masks from JetBlue. It was so funny, and it was just such a special trip!)
And tomorrow, I’ll talk about our A+++++ Saturday!