Happy Thoughts: Bermuda 2012

I finally took a vacation and it was great!! I was well overdue for some time away from my job. My husband (David) and I decided to take a trip to Bermuda for his birthday and Cup Match. We also had my brother and our friend Di along for the trip. It was a great time and I look forward to doing it again soon.

Day 1: The first day we arrived in Bermuda we visited family early in the day and then we headed to Hamilton for Harbour Night. It was a night of good music, food, concerts, and vendors selling all sorts of things. When the Harbour Night festivities were dying down, the people made their way up the street to see Collie Buddz in concert on the beach.

Harbour Night

Day 2: We had a nice boat ride around the island, courtesy of my Uncle Jack and Aunt Sherma. We let down the anchors and had a nice lunch while on the water. Di jumped in to cool off for a few. After lunch, they dropped us off in St. George's town square. We walked around and explored the square for a few, then hopped in a taxi and headed to Cooper's Island Beach to meet up with my Aunt Harlean and cousin Khamani. It was a great day at the beach. I got sunburned and stung by jellyfish - no big deal lol. We were some beach bums that day; all we did was swim, eat, and sleep all day at the beach. After the beach, Khamani gave us a ride back to the house and we showered and headed to Hamilton to hang out for my husband's birthday. We usually try to celebrate the eve of his birthday and wish him happy birthday at midnight. So, we left the house around 11pm, met up with Khamani in Hamilton and celebrated David's Birthday. First, we hung out at Bermuda Bistro @ the beach and then I took my pregnant behind home. The rest kept the party going and went to Cafe Cairo. I think David had a good birthday.

Day 3: We got up and headed to Somerset for the second day of Cup Match with my Uncle Fella and Aunt Cheryl. My Uncle Fella's friend, Casey, had a his own tent out there for us to just chill, drink, eat, and watch the game. The crowd was going wild because the cricket match was in Somerset and Somerset hadn't won the cup since 2002. It was alot of dancing, singing, blowing blow horns, cheering, trash talking, but all in good fun. Everyone was in a wonderful mood and it was just a a really good time. Somerset ended up winning the cup this year and everyone just raced to the field and it went from a cricket game to a huge party on the field. We stayed out there all day and most of the night and just enjoyed ourselves. After cup match, we all went and chilled out at the lounge at Elbow Beach to indulge in a little more celebrating for David's birthday. We ended our night a little early and just turned it in around midnight. The long day in the sun and trips to the beach was wearing on us.

Rushing the field after Somerset won

Cup Match 2012 @ Somerset

Elbow Beach

Day 4: We all slept in this day. When we finally got up, we decided to show Di a few things a tourist would probably see when visiting Bermuda. Up until the fourth day we were just enjoying the island as if we were natives lol. We had my cousin Sheryln come by and take us to Hamilton where the Gombey's were performing in Par-la-Ville Park. We got to town a little early so we showed Di around the mall and went shopping for a few souvenirs. My cousin Sheryln came back to pick us up after a few hours and took us to the Crystal & Fantasy Caves. My brother and I had already been down in both caves several times before so we just sat off and chilled at the little restaurant next door while Di and David went down for the tour. Di and David enjoyed the tour, but afterwards we were back to acting like Bermuda natives. After the caves, we got dropped off at the famous Swizzle Inn. We sat around there for a while just enjoying each other's company, the A/C, and the Olympics. After we left Swizzle Inn, my Aunt Harlean came to pick us up and took us to Horseshoe Bay Beach. My brother, Di, and I went to the beach and David got dropped off at my cousin Khamani's house up the street; he was just too worn out at that point in the trip to go to the beach again and be in the hot sun. While at the beach, my brother and Di climbed to the top of the rocks to enjoy the view and even swam out to some rocks to jump off and just have a good time in the water. When we were done hanging out at the beach, we called Khamani and she came and picked us up. She was having a BBQ at her house that night so we stayed there and ended our night at her BBQ. It was great food and company; I hope to see all of them again.

Town Crier

Gombeys

Crystal Caves

Day 5: Our last day in Bermuda we were tired and wanted to relax so we decided not to go to the Non-Mariner's Race in Dockyard. The way it happens is there is the race and people hang out and have picnic's on the shore or you hang out and do the same all day on someone's boat. We didn't feel like being on a boat or being in the sun all day so we just did our own thing. We did ride by the event just to show Di and David what it was all about. We ended up riding up to Dockyard and touring the Commissioner's house, watching a little dolphin show, and grabbing a bite to eat at Frog and Onion. After leaving Dockyard, my Aunt Harlean dropped us off in Hamilton. Pretty much everything was closed because of the holiday and everyone was at non-mariners. We finally found a place that was open, The Pickled Onion, we just hung out there for a few hours and headed back to the house around 9:30pm because Di had an early flight the next morning and we needed some rest.