Rodriguez Road Trip: Bermuda!

We went to Bermuda!...it's been several months ago...but somehow it still seems unreal that we traveled to this beautiful little island in the middle of the Atlantic. Thank you to Pitney Bowes for this wonderful, all expense paid trip, but an ever bigger thank you to my incredible hubby for working so hard in 2009 to get us there! It was everything we imagined and more...

Yes, the water really is this blue! Our first day we went out to the pink sand beaches...enjoyed lounging, sipping out little drinks with umbrellas and swimming. Tim snapped this picture from the beach. I couldn't believe how warm and pleasant the water was....paradise!

Paradise, unless you touch one of these beautiful, yet painful friends. This is a Portugues Man-o'-War and they were in the water. Signs on the beach said, "swim at your own risk". The blue water was calling me and I couldn't resist. Luckily I wasn't one of the 2 people in our group who got were stung.

While we were there we enjoyed a little surprise birthday dessert

at one of the fabulous restaurants we ate at every night! I think almost every dessert we ate was as fancy as this one! Happy Birthday Tim!

Our room with a view!

The Little blue trolley took us down to the beach and various resort restaurants.

One of our day trips included time in the Capitol city of Hamilton. This modern city included lots of shoppping

and walking around. We also saw many cruise ships that stop here.

Well, it's not Jamaica, man...but we found a fun hat shop. I tried not to look like a tourist stalker, but I had to get a picture of a local in his Bermuda attire. This is a businessman...pink shorts and all!

We enjoyed haning out with Tom and Kathy again. Tim and Kathy worked together at their Microsoft account. Tom and I get to the be the "significant others" and we don't mind a bit!...Last year Puerto Rico and this year, Bermuda!

One morning while Tim had a business meeting I hiked up to the lighthouse

, not far from the hotel. I found this little guy along my path and got some great shots of the lighthouse.

As you will see later, we ventured out to the island on moped. It look a little while to get used to driving on the left!

The old town of St. Georges. Here I am in the gallows in the town square.

Admiral Sir George Somers, Founder of Bermuda

The homes in Bermuda and mostly pastel stucco. It is quite a site to see all these beautifully colored homes dotting the island. Bermuda has no public water system. They catch the rain water off their roofs and store it in large barrels. Yes, it rains in Bermuda that much!

Do you think we could try this in Seattle?

We went into St. Peter's Church in the old capitol of St. Georges. It is the oldest continually used Anglican church in the Western Hemisphere.

You might say we ate our way through Bermuda...dining at incredible restaurants every night! Here we are at a dinner on the beach. I think our favorite Bermuda dish was the local Rock fish!

Bermuda is a British overseas territory...therefore driving on the left, Bermudaish Brittish accents, and the Red Telephone Box. During our moped adventure, we headed over to the Dockyard area of the island and found many little shops, including Bermuda Clay Works and watched the owner throw a pot. One nice thing about the island is the cleanliness and friendly attitude we found everywhere. I don't think Bermuda had one bad area to be in. We felt very safe there and were treated so well!

On our moped excursion we stopped at one of the many parks along the ocean.

We found this fisherman on the cliffs, catching bright blue fish with just a line and a rock, no pole. He had already caught a few, so I guess it's the way to fish, Bermuda style! We probably sat and watched him for 45 minutes that day. We also ventured down to a little private beach and found a Bermuda Longtail bird nest. Mama sat patiently so I could snap a picture.