Barbados Independance Day

On 30th November 1966 Barbados was granted Independance from England with the Right Honorable Errol Barrow becoming the first Prime Minister.  Since then Independance celebrations take all forms starting at the beginning of November each year, including sports competitions, fairs, community events and religious services.  It culminates with a televised parade of armed services at Garrison Savannah (horse race track), and celebrations showcasing artistic talents on the island such as the National Independance Festival of Creative Arts, which encourage Barbadians of all ages to show their talents in the fields of music, dance, drama, fine art, photography and crafts.
It is also about having a good time and most beaches are packed with families pic- nicing, bars bursting with party goers drinking the local rum and beer, us included.  As 30th November is, not only St Andrew's Day, but my husbands birthday, we thought we would do something we have not done before on the island.  Everyone at some time in their life has done a 'pub crawl' in England, so we thought why not do the next best thing here and do a bar hop.  Unfortunately, or fortunately depending how you look at it, we are not much good at 'hopping' from bar to bar, and after 3 bars where abit fatigued with it all.  Michael & I decided to leave the partying to others and go home to watch a good movie - which is what we would of done on a winters evening in England.
I've posted the National flag of Barbados so here's a quick explanation of the symbolism; The flag is a representation of Independance from England, Neptune's Trident appeared on the Seal when the island was still a colony.  The broken Trident on the flag is representative of the break with the past and the step towards independance.  The blue panels are for the sea and sky, while the centre gold panel is for the sand of the beaches.  A beautiful flag, I think.