Hey geograpeeps! Welcome back to Flag Friday. Hope you like the Grenada episode. Fun side
note, I forgot to mention, Grenada actually got its name from the Spanish word Grenada, which actually means pomegranate.
So without further ado,
Hey guys, so as you know Flag Fridays is also Fan Friday,
And I'm really excited because you guys sent all these packages, like six of them.
And I can't wait to show you guys what you guys sent, But we're gonna do that later. In the meantime,
we got a flag to cover! The flag of Grenada is a rectangle with a large red border with six gold
five-point stars centered on the top and bottom parts. Inside the border the center is dividing to four triangles, 2 gold on the top and
bottom and two green ones on the sides. In the middle of everything lies a red disc with another gold star and on the left
hoist side in the green triangle lies a nutmeg pod. The red stands for
vitality and courage.
Yeah, sorry, you're not going to get it this week!
You're gonna have to wait for the guinea episodes the gold stands for wisdom and warmth, and the green stands for the vegetation and
agriculture. The six stars
represent the six parishes while the center star represents the dependencies of Carriacou and Pettite martinque. Finally, the nutmeg pod of
course symbolizes
nutmeg, the most important crop produced by the island. Now keep in mind during the last few years of being under the British they ditched
the old Union Jack design and then used this flag as they had almost complete autonomy
and then finally
in 1974 they used the flag that we have today. Now when it comes to the coat of arms, Grenada is really unique because it's the
only one that has an
armadillo on it. As you can see an armadillo and a Grenadian dove are standing on the sides in front of a corn stock and
a banana plant holding up a shield divided into four sections
containing
diagonally transverse,
duplicate images of a British lion and a golden crescent moon with a lily growing out of it. In the center of the shield lies
The Santa Maria - Columbus' ship, the first vessel from Europe to discover the islands. On top lies a crown with Bougainvillea
branches and seven roses
representing the seven communities of Grenada. Everything sits upon mountains and grassland with grand Etong lake in the center, finished off with a banner at
the bottom reading "Ever conscious of God we aspire build in advance as one people". Whooo!
That was a lot more complex than last week's Greece emblem. Eeesh!
alright, now that we're done with that...GEOGRA-FANMAIL TIME! This is from Sasha from New York. Oh
Oh, there's candy in here too, oh dear Paul is me Sasha give your team a big thank you. Geogra team Sasha says
Thank you. [hey]
I think this shirt says go Paul. Would it be a little pretentious of me to wear a shirt that says go me alright here
we go
How's Alex Sasha. Candy?
Mmm Marzipan filling I love Marzipan thank you so much Sasha this package is from Frank from West Palm Beach, Florida
He oh, whoa even says letter. I was born to Guatemalan parents in this country, and I'm proud of my roots and culture
Guatemala is coming up next week. Thank you so much for this opportunity to speak to you sincerely Frank and check this out
I knew it. I knew this is what it was. A Guatemalan flag. Look how big this flag is. Frank this beautiful, this is amazing
I'm gonna Cherish it all right. Thank you so much Frank. Next up we got
Lilia from Sunny Isles Beach, Florida. Metella money [that's] from Florida. [I] mean, I love Florida. I've been there a few times great
There's a lot of florida people like to watch the geography now bunch of papers with pictures [what] your paw I'm andre from Montenegro
I live in Florida now
I'm sending you a very useful map there are pictures of the most famous
Persons or things from that country that they are related to I guess for like the uk he put Daniel craig double-oh-seven, [okay]?
I was confused about this why is Robert Pattinson for Romania, but I guess he's referencing you know
Twilight the Vampires Vampires Romania Transylvania is
Pretty cool. It's pretty cool. Thank you so much andre next up gilda from Hedda Cleon crete Greece. Oh, okay. Hello
My name is gilda. I'm a 17 year old girl from Greece head of [Cleon]. Hey, gilda [here]
You can find some collectible greek stamps two of them to pick two labors of hercules
the other stamps show men in traditional costumes the banknote is a drachma [is] kind of rare and hard to find these because Greece has
Been using the Euro for nearly 20 years [here's] some mastic
It can only be found in the greek island of Chios it can be used in cooking pastry making
Bakeries or even just for chewing says Mastic gum looks like salt
Do you guys just chew on salt this is gum? What what is this laughs? Oh, I got some
whoa
What is that?
[it's] like turning into gum like Rocky and chewy but then it turns into a chewy substance after you put it in your mouth
Oh, what is weird? It's a little bland, but it has a little herbal aftertaste
Thank you
Gilda next I got this package from Sofia from or [and] actually says please open on fan Friday well
Sopia not only will I [open] it on Fan Friday, but I
Yeah, that's exactly what I'll do
Dear Paul, I'm a 12 year old girl from Portland, Oregon, and I have been subscribed since the finland episode
I love learning about its geography. I'm obsessed with finland at the moment
I am also studying for the state geography bee and closed are three things first is the [bandying] flag
She drew the bundy atera flag before she painted it second is a finnish flag with my favorite moments from the episode on it
It says let's talk about this place that I totally have no preconceived biases to work last is a chart that includes all
193 un Member States below this she literally sent me like how many pages
This is like 40 something pages of every country [trophy] is really cool
Thank you so much for sending all of this sofia. Finally. This is a package
I was actually kind of expecting the fine folks at sneaker Gather comm contacted me
And they said how would you like us to send you a pair [of] shoes and all you have to do is just review them
So I went to the website and they work a lot with Nike shoes now
I have never owned a pair [of] Nike shoes in my life, so this is actually a first-time experience for me here is
The shoes here are the shoes [grabbed] [her] and took them? Oh my gosh. This is beautiful
Nike Air Force ones eyes. I'm gonna put these on. This is the most beautiful shoe wow. [oh] classic got my eye. Oh dude
It's like I don't even have to like untie the laces
I just have to undo this little [Lac], and then the shoe just melts onto my foot fits right away
stylish
Very comfortable. I love these kind of like don't want to run around in these shoes
I want to keep them fresh and clean. I don't want to mess them up
Thank you so much sneaker Gather calm if you guys want to check them out just go to this link right here
I'll put it [in] the description [as] well, nick you gotta calm. You guys are amazing
Thank you for sending my first pair [of] Nike shoes
I've ever owned and with that being said thank you to everybody for sending in this stuff and get ready for guatemala
Coming up next week. I look forward to it. I hope you will too stay cool stay tuned