Bermuda

Because the ferry to Hamilton did not leave until 9:30, we decided to have breakfast in the dining room. We sat with some nice people from Texas! It was a very pleasant start a great day ashore

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    Today we ashore in Bermuda, our last port before the 7 days at sea on our way to Liverpool. The captain did it again; he was over an hour late getting to the berth. The seas were calm and the morning was bright and sunny! Maybe his watch isn't working!

   We were the last people aboard for the ferry for the 20 minute crossing to Hamilton. We stopped here years ago so we did not have a particular agenda that we wanted to follow. We wander the streets, stopping at city hall that had a small art gallery. All the paintings were done by local artist. It was not the official art gallery. We then stopped at the cathedral but did not climb to the top of the tower. We had been there the last time and decided to move on. We headed to the botanical gardens (never did make it) and diverted to the old fort. It was built about 150 years ago in the typical British fashion. It was interesting that they did not have a fortification before then.

    The fort itself is all open with few plaques or artifacts. It is just a nice place overlooking the city. However w e were able to walk thorough the space between the outer and inner wall. It probably would be called a moat if it had water in it but we were not sure since the fort itself was on a hill. In any case natural vegetation had taken over and it was as good as the botanical gardens. There were a number of flowers in there that we did not see anywhere else on the island. It would have been a perfect place to film Jurassic Park. Lush vegetation, high wall on both sides, etc. Just a wonderful discovery.    

Blue Waters

 After wandering down the main street and stopping at some of the shops, we opted to take the bus back to the dock. Having been walking for nearly 6 hours we returned to the ship, had a snack and then rested until sail away. After a cocktail we tried to get into the 7 pm production show (we had seen it many times before). However since we were only 20 minutes before the show, the theatre was packed with no seats available. On these cruises people eat early and the go to the early show. The late show occurs during our dinner. I guess we need to be there 30 minutes before in order to get a spot.

    After dinner we headed to the upper deck. The ship was holding a disco/70's party with the Love Boat theme. The night was cool but there was lots of action. The cast dancers were there to do dance routines.

   We left Bermuda only a few hours ago but we can already feel it getting cooler. Before we left the captain made an announcement about rough weather. As mentioned before he has a heavy accent and we could not tell if he was expecting bad weather or if he was doing it as a “..we warned you.” It may have something to do with the Royal Caribbean ship getting caught in a storm earlier this year.

Sea days to follow – 7 to be exact!