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Now we are exhausted after all the things we have done today, but it have been a lot of fun after all. First we landed in Jamaica’s capital, Kingston. Kingston is a beautiful town who is located southeast in Jamaica, with 600 000 inhabitants. Did you know that it was the Englishmen that founded Jamaica in 1693? That is a new thing we learned today. We checked in to the hotel Hilton, and did set the luggage at the room before we went away to The Bob Marley museum. We are both big fans of his music, so it was a must that we had to see the museum. On our way to his old home we was walking around and singing his most famous song, “No women, no cry.” Unfortunately Bob Marley died in 1981, because he did get cancer in his toe and it spread to the rest of his body so he died 36 years old. But in his short life, he established to do a lot. He was so popular that they made his house to a museum, which is open for everybody.
Finally we were at the museum. It was a long walk from the hotel to the museum, but the place that was waiting for us made it so much better. Unfortunately it was a long, long, long row that we had to stand in before we entered. But it was worth it. I felt that I got more attach with Bob Marley after this visit. It was so fun to see the place where he did sleep and eat. In one of his rooms, there were all his instruments hanging, which he did us when he was playing the music. Bob Marley was the king of reggae down in Jamaica and he still is, so that was a memory for life. After we had been in the museum for a while we found a table at Hard Rock Café, and took a snack and some drink. Believe it or not, but when we came to the café the first thing we saw was a picture with the lyric of Bob Marley’s song “Jammin”, and it was handwritten by himself. Could the day be any better?
Yes, it could. We were walking past the King’s house, also known as the Government House. At the same time we were passing by, the guards had a guard change. How big was the probability that it was going to happen at the same time we was walking past. At least I learned a lot about the King’s house when we were looking at the guard change, because Karoline knew a lot. So she told me that the King’s house is the building where the Governor-General of Jamaica’s residence is. The building did get destroyed by an earthquake in 1907, but it did get restoration soon after. So I actually learned a lot under the ten minutes we was standing there.
Than we took our feet in motion again and or next stop was the national gallery of art. Since Karoline is such a big fan of art, it was her dream to visit the gallery when they had the annual National Visual Arts Exhibition and competition. That is one time in the year, when they have an exhibition where they are showing the latest works of the adults and the youths from Jamaica. I have never seen Karoline so interested in something before. It was fun to watch, and the picture was very beautiful whit a lot of expression as well.
After a long and events full day, we decided to take a taxi home to the hotel. So now we are lying at the big bed and watching TV. The hotel room is just so amazing that we don’t have words of how beautiful it is. With two baths, two big double beds and an incredible view over the city. Now we are going to order some room service and jump to bed. Tomorrow it is a new day, with new opportunities. Good night everyone, see you tomorrow. Then the journey goes to Canada.
Love from me!
Now we are exhausted after all the things we have done today, but it have been a lot of fun after all. First we landed in Jamaica’s capital, Kingston. Kingston is a beautiful town who is located southeast in Jamaica, with 600 000 inhabitants. Did you know that it was the Englishmen that founded Jamaica in 1693? That is a new thing we learned today. We checked in to the hotel Hilton, and did set the luggage at the room before we went away to The Bob Marley museum. We are both big fans of his music, so it was a must that we had to see the museum. On our way to his old home we was walking around and singing his most famous song, “No women, no cry.” Unfortunately Bob Marley died in 1981, because he did get cancer in his toe and it spread to the rest of his body so he died 36 years old. But in his short life, he established to do a lot. He was so popular that they made his house to a museum, which is open for everybody.
Finally we were at the museum. It was a long walk from the hotel to the museum, but the place that was waiting for us made it so much better. Unfortunately it was a long, long, long row that we had to stand in before we entered. But it was worth it. I felt that I got more attach with Bob Marley after this visit. It was so fun to see the place where he did sleep and eat. In one of his rooms, there were all his instruments hanging, which he did us when he was playing the music. Bob Marley was the king of reggae down in Jamaica and he still is, so that was a memory for life. After we had been in the museum for a while we found a table at Hard Rock Café, and took a snack and some drink. Believe it or not, but when we came to the café the first thing we saw was a picture with the lyric of Bob Marley’s song “Jammin”, and it was handwritten by himself. Could the day be any better?
Yes, it could. We were walking past the King’s house, also known as the Government House. At the same time we were passing by, the guards had a guard change. How big was the probability that it was going to happen at the same time we was walking past. At least I learned a lot about the King’s house when we were looking at the guard change, because Karoline knew a lot. So she told me that the King’s house is the building where the Governor-General of Jamaica’s residence is. The building did get destroyed by an earthquake in 1907, but it did get restoration soon after. So I actually learned a lot under the ten minutes we was standing there.
Than we took our feet in motion again and or next stop was the national gallery of art. Since Karoline is such a big fan of art, it was her dream to visit the gallery when they had the annual National Visual Arts Exhibition and competition. That is one time in the year, when they have an exhibition where they are showing the latest works of the adults and the youths from Jamaica. I have never seen Karoline so interested in something before. It was fun to watch, and the picture was very beautiful whit a lot of expression as well.
After a long and events full day, we decided to take a taxi home to the hotel. So now we are lying at the big bed and watching TV. The hotel room is just so amazing that we don’t have words of how beautiful it is. With two baths, two big double beds and an incredible view over the city. Now we are going to order some room service and jump to bed. Tomorrow it is a new day, with new opportunities. Good night everyone, see you tomorrow. Then the journey goes to Canada.
Love from me!
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