Hey Everybody - Well, I'm not completely sure where we left off last time. . . . . so, I'll just start on Wednesday morning and catch y'all up. We caught the ferry over to the Royal Dockyard again and then hopped on the bus going to Horseshoe Bay. Another wild ride leading to a beautiful beach! After you get off the bus, you have to go down a big hill to the bay and we passed an elderly couple having troubles. He walked with a cane and was having a hard time getting down the hill. There are taxis that haul people up and down the hill. So, when we got down the hill, Ben hailed one of them to go pick the couple up. When they got down the hill, they sat with us for a while. They're from England and are staying in Bermuda for a while. Really interesting to talk to (you know how much I like all things British!!!)
The beach at Horseshoe Bay
Rocks along the beach at Horseshoe Bay
The crowd at Horseshoe Bay
After seeing the beautiful bay and the wonderful beach and taking our fill of pictures, we hailed the cab again and rode up the hill to the bus stop. Another fun, wild ride into Hamilton where we went to the Internet Cafe and checked e-mails. It was about lunch time by then, but we decided not to get caught up in the $$$ lunch scene again, so decided to wait until we got back to the ship. Another fun-house ride into St. Georges where we stopped in town long enough to buy a hand-carved wooden cat to take home to Thomas, Phoebe and Trixie. I know they'll be thrilled!!!
The afternoon is a blur now and I haven't been keeping my notes up-to-date, but I feel pretty safe in saying that we had lunch and went back to the cabin for a nap. We had a really good table for dinner, with couples from VA., N.C., and S.C. with us. Afterwards we went to see Sam Griesbaum (the comedian) again. He is really funny and we had a great time.
Thursday morning was sail away and we left Bermuda an hour early because of the winds that were blowing up. It has made the ocean somewhat rocky, but not really rough. Just rocking enough to make you want to sleep all the time!!! We had breakfast with 2 brothers and a sister and a couple of the in-laws. Made me wonder if maybe we needed to do a "family cruise". At lunch we shared a table with Michelle and Bill from San Diego. I definitely told them how much we enjoyed San Diego back in February - it's a great city! (For those who know my friend Tina, Michelle reminded us of an oriental Tina)
Sailing away from Bermuda
Sailing through the cut
In the afternoon, we played Bingo, but alas. . . . didn't win anything. We did notice that there are several people on board from St. Lucia. Can't figure out why peple would want to leave a Caribbean Island and fly to Charleston to board a ship that's cruising to Bermuda??? Kinda makes you go hmm-m-m-m!!! Anyway, we had dinner with Robert and Jane from VA. We had met them the night before and, after dinner, we went to the Variety Show in the Palace Theater. We saw Rich Purpura again (comedian/magician and saw George Soloman for the first time. He's a great singer and all around showman. Afterward, we saw the Liar's Club which was so funny we could barely breathe at times. It was all ad-lib and all the comedians we have been seeing this week plus George Soloman plus a really funny girl from the crew made up the panel. Too, too funny!!! After that, there was a Chocoholic Buffet in the dining room which just about put us under. We struggled back to the cabin - rocking and rolling. And, that reminds me that the pool and decks have been closed most of the time since we set sail because of the high winds. But, there's still plenty to see and do.
I have to correct one fact that I e-mailed the other day about the roof tops in Bermuda. They are all white and it is required by law, but I mentioned that they are painted with limestone. . . . actually, they are made out of limestone. And, they all pretty much look just alike with just a few differences here and there. And, the limestone does help to purify the rainwater.
All the white roofs in Bermuda
We've collected many more towel animals in the room since I last reported. We now have an elephant, a frog, a mouse, a dog and, last night, when we came back to the cabin, we had a monkey hanging from the ceiling. Ben wants to take them all home to the cats. I don't think so!!!
Hanging monkey
A mouse in my bed - don't touch those chocolates!!!!
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