Week Three

Monday 28th November

Starting our third week and we are getting very used to our breakfast buffet ......

And sitting by the pool .....

 

 

.....and our beautiful sunsets .....

 

 

..... and more beautiful sunsets ....

Tuesday 29th November

Another beautiful sunset (I could never get bored of watching nature at it's best)

 

 

Wednesday 30th November

It seems so strange that we are now nearly in December and rapidly approaching Christmas. Bermuda is heading in to their winter season and there are some days that it is chilly and very windy.  We're having a bit of torrential rain also.  I know what you're saying back home and yes, I know, you're experiencing really cold weather back home and that you'd rather be here .... I wish you were here with us experiencing this beautiful island ;-)

Everywhere around us Bermuda is getting ready for Christmas.  Being an English Colony they didn't go all out for Thanksgiving but they are definitely getting ready to celebrate Christmas. Decorations are going up everywhere and there is lots of Christmas music being played.  Still, it does feel weird not being home and enduring that cold frost and this year will be very different not being around friends and family and that we are having to spend it in the Sun!! 😆

Christmas Gingerbread House & The Head Chef, Princess Hamilton Hotel

Thursday 1st December

Ferry Ride to Dockyard

 

 Hamilton

 

 Hamilton Princess Hotel

 

 Soft Bank, Japan and Oracle, USA Teams out on the water

 

 Royal Naval Dockyard - I don't know .... us Wise's we get everywhere!

   

 Snorkel Bay Beach .... 

 

  ...... a quick visit to see what it was like but everything is closed as it is out of season

 

Ferry ride back home with Dockyard in the background which is where Neil works and where the teams are based

 

.... and then a promise of ice cream.  This I regretted - Yo Cherry .... two small pots $16!!

 

Friday 2nd December

Yeah Neil had the afternoon off.

The weather was a little on the chilly and windy side so we decided to get on a bus and go explore.  Today was a visit to Spanish Point.  It was so windy Eleanor just stood there and cried because she was too cold!  So we had a little explore and ran for the bus when it passed half an hour later.  It was so beautiful and apparently if we'd have walked a little further we would have found a perfect cove which is secluded.  So worth another visit when the suns out.

 Beautiful Bermuda Rainbow

 Number 4, Spanish Point .... all the buses are Pink

 Spanish Point

 The rusty shipwreck you see in the mouth of the bay is explained below ...

 A cold Eleanor = A grumpy Eleanor!

 In the distance is Dockyard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then after all that fresh air it was time to find somewhere to eat

 

 BulliSocial ... best burgers on the island

Saturday 3rd December

So you'll be impressed we were up and out the door at 8am to go and get breakfast. We were determined to catch the 9.18am bus to get to the caves to make the most of Neil's day off.

The Crystal and Fantasy Caves were amazing and it was worth doing the combo ticket and go and visit both of the caves. The pictures will just speak for themselves ...

Crystal Cave

 

 

 

 The Stalagmites were amazing .... some of them have taken thousands of years to form

 

 

 

 

Fantasy Cave

 

 The water is a mixture of salt and freshwater - it's called Brackish

The very thin straw Stalactites are hollow and the rain water that takes weeks to soak through the ground drips through until eventually the straw blocks and then becomes a thicker formation

 

 

 Some crazy formations in the caves that look like figures or animals ....

 Creepy

 One-eyed Frog

 Hands

Bizarre formation that looks like Golam - the guide Nico said that it was a skeleton that has just been left and crystalised

 

 Nico - Photobombing!

A little bit of fun in the grounds .....

 

 

 

 

Then a walk down to Grotto Bay Beach Resort to have a nose at their beach

  

Once back at our hotel the children were desperate to try out their flippers ....

It's been a really good week for getting out and about and it was so lovely seeing a bit more of the island.  The children and I are really grateful for Neil's days off and we are definitely making the most of it.  Fingers crossed we'll get a treasured day off with Neil next weekend :-)