This port seemed to be just a pit stop along the way because we had such a short time there. We anchored out in the water about 30 minutes from the town of Hamilton and we had to take local tenders, which meant we were at their mercy. Each one of their boats held 750 passengers, so they had 3 shifts. We selected the latest one just to avoid big crowds. So we didn’t get to town until a little after 11AM and the last tender to the ship was at 2:45.
We went with Pete and Sharon for the day and climbed up to the top of the boat and marveled at the “life styles of the rich and famous” mansions along the shore, each one more beautiful than the last. All day Bermuda reminded me of Disney World with million dollar homes, perfect little streets of multi-colored pastel buildings and shops asking the king’s ransom for the same stuff we could have gotten for a song in Vietnam or Hong Kong. But we were happy just to be together on a gorgeous day and appreciated the parks and flowers on the island.
We did a little bit of shopping and then stopped in an Irish pub for a coffee. At 2:30 we returned to the pier to get on the tender boat. The line was several blocks long but we knew many of the people and had a fine time talking about our abbreviated day in Bermuda, our final port of call before New York City.
We didn’t have very many good pictures of Bermuda so I’m posting some pictures of a farewell dinner we had with our friends, and the Black and Gold Ball where I won $50 in a balloon contest.
We went with Pete and Sharon for the day and climbed up to the top of the boat and marveled at the “life styles of the rich and famous” mansions along the shore, each one more beautiful than the last. All day Bermuda reminded me of Disney World with million dollar homes, perfect little streets of multi-colored pastel buildings and shops asking the king’s ransom for the same stuff we could have gotten for a song in Vietnam or Hong Kong. But we were happy just to be together on a gorgeous day and appreciated the parks and flowers on the island.
We did a little bit of shopping and then stopped in an Irish pub for a coffee. At 2:30 we returned to the pier to get on the tender boat. The line was several blocks long but we knew many of the people and had a fine time talking about our abbreviated day in Bermuda, our final port of call before New York City.
We didn’t have very many good pictures of Bermuda so I’m posting some pictures of a farewell dinner we had with our friends, and the Black and Gold Ball where I won $50 in a balloon contest.
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