9. December
As nothing exciting happened today I wanted to give you some information about
the island where we are at right now:
Saint Lucia is an island nation in the eastern Caribbena Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. Part of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north of the islands of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. It is also known as the "Helen of the West Indies" because it switched between British and French control so often it was likened to the mythical Helen of Troy.
Saint
Lucia is one of the Windward Islands. It was first visited by Europeans in about
the year 1500 and first colonized successfully by France who signed a treaty
with the native Carib peoples in 1660. Great Britain took control of the island
from 1663 to 1667 then went to war with France over it fourteen times, and
finally took complete control in 1814.
In 1979, Saint Lucia became an independent state of the Commonwealth Nations.
The island nation celebrates this every year with a public holiday.
St. Lucia has about 172000 inhabitants. Castries is the capital and also the
largest city of the island.