I know I said that if I had to leave Bermuda after one day it would have been enough, but I’m sure glad I got to stay for all the other days too.
My top 10 Bermuda takeaways:
- Oracle Base Tour– I know I already wrote about this, but it was truly an experience to see how it all gets done and can’t wait to see them Bring the Cup home in 2017!
- Bread– not only did I eat it, but I also got to watch Cody, the newly minted “domestic goddess” bake all her own breads. I left the island with some Asiago Bread and with the exception of the fact that my backpack smells like cheese it was a tasty take home treat.
- Private Yoga classes– I had the luxury of going to not one but two semi private classes while on the island and meeting two beautiful souls who taught the classes. My favorite was “if you’re a runner this might be a little much and you might start to feel nauseous.”
- Internationally bad at golf – They always say a bad day on the course is better than any day at work and I have to say between Cody and I, we must have lost upwards of 10 balls, but we had a lot of laughs and fun!
- Every experience with your waiter is like an SNL skit.- I often wondered if we were being punk’d. I kept wondering do they hate us? hate life? is it just lost in translation?
- Après beach– going to the beach on this beautiful island is always a treat, but who doesn’t love the post beach cheese and cracker spread
- Sunsets– I live in one of the best spots to watch Sunsets in the city, but dang if Bermuda hasn’t gone and one-upped that experience.
- Not being married to your phone– I love that I could only use my phone when there was Wi-Fi service and on an island like Bermuda that was pretty much only when I went to sleep at night. I loved that it forced me to be present in the moment and just enjoy the time I had with my friends.
- It’s a Small World After all– Not once but twice while lying on the beach in Bermuda, I met friends of friends of mine back in San Francisco! Getting to meet all of Cody’s friends was great. Knowing she has made such a nice core group of friends makes me happy for her.
- Present Friends- I had not seen my friend Cody in over a year. She and I could go months without a message, but the second we are together it’s as if no time has passed and nothing has changed. I feel so fortunate that I met Cody all those summers ago in Michigan when the two of us along with my other dear friends Ashley and Katie spent one wild and crazy summer together that we would never forget. Many years have passed and all of our lives have changed drastically, but what has remained is a true friendship with each of them and all it takes is being together to bring all those memories (new and old) back.
I’m sure there is more that I could talk about but enjoy a few photos instead. On to the next adventure!
