After work fun!

Amidst our busy week, we always find some time to have more fun! This past Wednesday we had a meeting slated with the Nurses Association of Jamaica's President. We were looking forward to seeing what the this highly influential office and its members was all about. We later learned the meeting had to be cancelled due as the President's attention was required due to the King and Queen of Spain's arrival at the Spanish Town Hospital where a ward was being dedicated. We joked that we hear 'that line' all the time :-)



So, with all of our new 'free time' we decided to wrap-up some last minute details at the office and head to Devon House. Devon house is in Kingston, and was build by the first African American millionaire in Jamaica (and the western world). Today Devon house is a museum and its ground a public park for the people to enjoy. They also have many shops and restaurants on premise!

Beautiful Cindy & Devon House





Close-up!

A landmark within the Devon house grounds is their ice creamery. They use local fruits and ingredients to churn out fabulous flavors including: grapenut, fruit basket, cocount, pineapple, strawberry, chocolate, and their famous Devon Stout. Christina sampled the Devon Stout at Cindy's recommendation. It was divine!

On premise is The Brick Oven. They make patties, loaves and pastries in the oven you see pictured. The staff wear traditional Jamaican headwear. Their curry chicken patties are delicious-and spicy! After our culinary tour, we shopped around the local stores for all things Jamaican!

Thursday the Phillip Sherlock International Center hosted an International Craft and Food Fair. After our clinical and classroom engagements, we headed off to see what we could find. All of the booths hosted Jamaican arts and crafts from jewelery to handbags. There was also an assortment of tasty treats including saltfish fritters and cassava pudding.

Cindy shopping for handbags and earrings