Weekends

There seems to be a bit of a weekend routine on the island. We've only been here for two weekends and already a pattern has emerged. On Thursday it is after work drinks night. This Thursday we went to Legendz, which is an indoor sports bar on Seven Mile that could be from any city in the world. Quite unremarkable, but Blake thinks that he has hit the jackpot, being able to watch any NFL, NHL or soccer game that is on t.v. Friday is the go-hard night, like Saturdays used to be when we were younger. This Friday we headed out to Guy Harvey's. Guy Harvey is something like a legend on the island. He is the David Suzuki of Cayman with his own art gallery, souvenir shop, restaurant and television series. His restaurant is on the second floor on mainstreet, so you can sip a yummy Caribbean Pirate and look over the harbour. There is a lot of bar-hopping here too, so after happy hour drinks at Guy Harvey's we went over to rackem's ( don't ask me what the name means, I think it is British like most things on this island). Rackem's is a bar/restaurant built on stilts over the harbour. When you walk in you can see the massive tarpon in the water underneath (see photo). Because it gets dark here so early, by ten it feels like well past midnight, so Blake and I snuck out early and headed home. Saturdays are busiest day of the weekend. Firstly, you need to do any shopping for the week during the day. Cayman is an extremely religious island, so besides the 200+ churches, nothing is open on Sunday. All your chores need to be done on Saturday. After we had done the grocery shopping (or more accurately, shopping for anything that can be made in a microwave) we went to Margaritaville with some friends to have some drinks ride the waterslide and just relax. Saturday night is also kind of interesting, because all bars close at midnight, because technically, being open one minute past midnight would be considered working on the sabbath day. This Saturday we went to a going-away party for our friends from Edmonton, Kerri and Chris. We went to the Marriot's Beach Party, a big bash thrown on the sand with dancing and a bar on the beach! So much fun- and good cardio. Sunday is a nice relaxing day. We headed out to South Sound to check out our new place and then came back to the hotel to snorkel. Amazing fish can be seen just steps into the ocean. Now it is back to the work week-at least for Blake!