Blogs from Saint George, Bermuda, North America

Carnival Legend docked at King’s Wharf at the Royal Naval Dockyard early on Wednesday morning. Susan and watched the docking while having breakfast on the Lido Deck. A beautiful sunny morning. The ship was cleared at 8:15 a.m. and passengers began making the way to the gangway on A Deck. Most I would say were heading for the beaches along Bermuda’s south shore. Our shore excursion was Carnival’s “Best of Bermuda“ scheduled at 9:30. It would be a five hour overview of Bermuda‘s attractions and a brief look at St, George and Hamilton. An advantage to this tour was that it was all by bus. (In 2010 we took ferries to St. George and Hamilton.) We saw sights not visited in 2010. The drive out of the Dockyard led through the community of Somerset Village, by ... read more

Having arrived in Bermuda on the 6th May, we've been here now for just shy of 3 weeks. We've seen several boats come in and depart on the same journey we're expecting to undertake - the Snark, Bavarian Spirit, Triple D, Otra Vida, and while they have been filling up with jerry cans of extra fuel, we have been waiting patiently for a better weather window. It's possibly a futile exercise as who knows when it's going to come. Daily emails from all those guys is telling us that there hasn't been a lot of wind around and when there is, it's often on the now. However, after receiving a slightly better window, we are planning on leaving tomorrow. Hence, my brief input into the blog to try to get everything up to date before doing ... read more

We are now on the ship heading to Bermuda. On Saturday we flew to Newark. We had a 11:30am flight from Colorado Springs to Chicago. The flight, which was full, loaded on time but then the fun began. The captain, who should be fired, announced that the plane was overweight and 8 people would have to get off before we could take off. In Colorado it is common for flights to be weight restricted, because of the heat and altitude. It was supposed to be 90 that day. The weight problem should have been calculated before we loaded the plane. The poor gate attendant was now responsible to get 8 people off in a very short time. I got off with my papers along with a few others. I needed to get to Newark, a major ... read more

This week I was assigned to the teens program. With only 7 teens on the manifest, I was worried about the whole program being cancelled, so I actively sought out those teens. I went up to the “Sail Away” party out on the pool deck, as we left Philadelphia, and met two teens that I gave info to. Another joined us on her own accord the first night, and then with the help of me making fliers to drop off at the rooms of all the teens on my list, I managed to scrounge up another. All week I’ve had 4 teens come out to programs, although sometimes only getting 1 or 2 of them. Unfortunately, I’ve had to cancel a lot of the programs, as they required big numbers and we just don’t have them… ... read more

Today was forecast to be the sunniest, so of course it was the cloudiest, but with no rain. We were walking on the north-east coast, so it was also the windiest. This was the day we successfully went to St George’s Island and the namesake city, which are UNESCO World Heritage sites. As we learned, it was so untouched because after the harbour facilities and the seat of government moved to Hamilton in the early 1800s, city development came to a halt – to the extent that the Anglican Church being built with English funds was left unfinished, i.e., without a roof or furnishings. During the US Civil War, there was an economic revival, because the blockade runners were supplied from St George’s. When the South lost, economic collapse again, until World War Two, when the ... read more