{"id":14426,"date":"2026-03-26T17:35:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T17:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/florinacestach.cz\/?p=14426"},"modified":"2026-03-26T19:36:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T19:36:39","slug":"barbados_den_18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/florinacestach.cz\/en\/barbados_den_18\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbados Diary (Day 18): Total relaxation on Miami Beach and a bit of history"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Last year I decided that I will miss Advent in Prague.<\/strong> and I'll go out into the heat. No frosts, no stress,<\/strong> just disappear for three whole weeks and not come back until Christmas Eve. I combined business with pleasure and set off for a language course in Barbados<\/strong>. How did I spend these three weeks?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Afternoon on Miami Beach<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Day 18 in Barbados was all about total relaxation at my favorite Miami Beach<\/strong>, which I have basically right under my house in Oistins. I wasn't in a hurry after school and just decided to "just" go today.\u201ebeach bum<\/strong>\u201c", because this is what a decent vacation looks like.<\/p>

Miami Beach, which locals call Enterprise Beach, is ideal place for relaxation<\/strong>. On one side you have a calm surface like in a pool and on the other a little bit of waves for fun. I just slapped myself in the sand there and didn't do anything at all the whole afternoon.<\/p>

It's also a great place to people-watch, as the local community gathers here. Just lying there, not thinking about anything, not chasing anything, is sometimes the best experience<\/strong>, that a vacation can offer you.<\/p>

Until a British Airways plane flies overhead and you realize that in a few days you'll be sitting in it, just in the opposite direction.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The birth of "Little England" in the heart of the Caribbean<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Barbados has incredibly powerful story<\/strong>, which is quite different from other Caribbean islands. What is interesting is how it got its name.<\/p>

As a result of Portuguese navigators finding here in the 16th century wild fig trees with hanging roots<\/strong>, they named the place "\u201eLos Barbados<\/strong>\u201c" \u2013 that is, Bearded.\u00a0<\/p>

While most of the surrounding islands have undergone bloody battles<\/strong> between the Spanish, French and British, Barbados remained remarkably loyal to one crown<\/strong>. In the year 1625<\/strong> Captain John Powell landed here and two years later the first settlement was established in Holetown.<\/p>

Moreover, it is fascinating that the British found the island essentially empty, even though it had been inhabited by native people. So they began to build something that is still nicknamed "\u201eLittle England<\/strong>\u201c". They built churches, introduced cricket, and created a political system that is among the oldest in the world.<\/p>

That's why Barbados has third oldest parliament<\/strong> throughout the British Commonwealth. It operates continuously since 1639<\/strong>. That's quite a feat when you consider that most modern states didn't even exist back then.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Key milestones that shaped the island:<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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