Hamilton, Bermuda

Hamilton, Bermuda, our last port. Today we had a Virtuoso Voyager Club event. The ship had a very long channel to get to the port. At about 9:30 AM we went down to the dock and met our driver guide and got in our VW mini van. I don’t think we get this model in the states but it was about the size of a US mini van and it had comfortable seating for seven. Real American size seats. There were supposed to be six passengers per van so we took another couple with us. They were from California and quite friendly.
We took a drive around the island. We had not been here in several years and it was good to see that the island was still very clean and everything was well kept. There were some new fabulous homes but basically, everything was pretty much unchanged. We stopped at a house built 300 years ago. It is supposed to be the oldest house in the western hemisphere that is still in the original foot print.

There were many very interesting sights and it was a pleasant drive and our driver was very nice. At about noon she took us to Le Coquille restaurant for lunch. Lunch was excellent. It was only a five minute drive from there to the ship where we were soon dropped off.

We had a lot left to pack so we stayed on board even though we were docked right down town and literally just steps from many stores with good shopping. We spent some time packing, or rather Bobbi packed while I spent some time napping. By 4:00 PM the ship left for the long trip through the channels around Bermuda. We watched out on our balcony for quite a while.

At 6:00 PM we had a party for the whole ship thrown by a passenger named Barbara Clutz. It was held in the atrium on the fourth floor. She called it a stop your packing party. There are still clothes hung up all over the atrium lobby, that were decorations.

At about 6:30 we left the party and went into the dinning room. We were to be a table of eight tonight. The Pritzkers had invited a couple they met today. They turned out to be originally from Chicago and went to Von Steuben. He also had lived in the same area as we do.

Bobbi had given the head chef a recipe for blintzes and he was going to have them served this evening. They had folded them instead of making them into a roll but they did come out very good tasting. That was the end of my new diet. I had seconds and thirds.

Over Blintzed Sherm Out