Blogs from Bermuda, North America

Bermuda is a lovely island and is very clean and immaculate. They don't allow high rise buildings and all the houses have to have white roofs and their own water cisterns to collect all the rain water. It all looks very pretty with lots of golf courses and lovely coves and beaches. We did a few hours ride around in a coach and got to see a fair bit.... read more

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

16th May Hamilton on a wet morning but beautiful sunrise beaches later & the Naval Dockyard The history of Hamilton as a British city began in 1790 when the government of Bermuda set aside 145 acres (59 ha) for its future seat, officially incorporated in 1793 by an Act of Parliament, and named for Governor Henry Hamilton. The colony's capital relocated to Hamilton from St George's in 1815. The new town of Hamilton developed quickly and overtook the Town of St. George and became the capital of Bermuda in 1815 during Richard Darrell’s Mayoral term which was considered to be one of Hamilton’s most outstanding Mayors. The City of Hamilton became the hub of international as well as local business on the Island. Hamilton is packed with historic buildings, shops, museums, churches, galleries, parks, and gardens ... read more

Aha, I got you! You thought I had finally solved the mystery of all those missing ships and aircraft, didn’t you? Well you’re wrong! I’m talking about unlocking the delights of a different triangle, that formed by the three main towns of Bermuda. For the geometrically-inclined, these form an inverted isosceles triangle, with a wide base and short height (or depth?), with the capital Hamilton on the apex and St George to the east and the Royal Naval Dockyard to the west on the base. Mind you, Bermuda has a lot more to offer than just these three towns. There were six of us on this trip spanning three generations - Joan and myself, Damon and Sarah, and the grandkiddies Elliott and Layla. We had rented a really well located Airbnb for the week at Paget, ... read more

Bermuda 26th April Hamilton We berthed in The Royal Naval Dockyard, alongside the Norwegian Breakaway (4500 passengers) - it was going to be a busy one!!! From when we arrived the queues were long to board the ferry to Hamilton a 30/40 minute ride across the Bay. There is a lot of activity within the Dockyard because this year the USA are defending the Americas Cup. The worlds best known yacht race. From our balcony you could see each of the teams berths unfortunately the British team were furthest down the quay with the United States in prime position (being the defending champions). We were hoping to get a glimpse of the BAR (Ben Ainslie Racing) team but the only teams that got onto the water were the US and NZ teams. Watching the US boat ... read more