If my time in Bermuda ended just after one day it would be enough. In just one day I was able to witness what a day of “thunderstorms” looks like on the island. In case you didn’t know it looks like rain for 20 minutes and then the rest of the day it’s blue skies smiling at you. If I can leave any advice for you, don’t waste a second looking at the weather app on your phone because it’s not right and you could be using those precious seconds to soak up the beauty that is Bermuda.
My morning began with me heading out for a run in those said Thunderstorms. I quickly learned the Bermudian custom of honking not to tell you to get your running butt off the road, but to simply say hello. I also learned that there are hills in Bermuda. I guess I just thought it was this flat island and my six-mile run would be a cinch. It wasn’t and when I came back I looked as if I had just jumped in the ocean. Humidity + Hills did not equal my friend.
I was lucky enough to get a personal tour of the Oracle Base and meet some of the sailors and shore crew. I was amazed to see the amount of work that goes into sailing those boats and not only just from the sailors. I’m sure by the time my tour was over, my tour guide had had enough of my little-to-no-experience-with-sailing questions, but he took them all in stride and I learned a lot.
I spent the rest of the glorious afternoon tooling around all the different bays and coves on the boat. I kept saying how I couldn’t believe how beautiful and blue the water was. I almost didn’t believe my friends when they told me, “just wait it gets better”, but it does. When we anchored at a small cove I jumped in and was quite shocked it was salt water, not some pristine pool. After the initial shock and we were out there for a while whether we were snorkeling by a reef or just floating on a noodle, I forgot again and was only reminded when I’d get a friendly salty slap to the face.
Just when I thought the day couldn’t get better, I got to spend a night out…on the patio that is, enjoying a home cooked meal, some fantastic company and of course the mating sound
s of the little tree frogs:)
Bermuda First Day – A+
