The Bermuda Triangle
We made it out of the Bermuda Triangle…but we want to go back!
Horseshoe Bay Beach
“Bermuda, Bahamas, come on pretty mama”… You all know the rest of that feel-good song. Well, Mike and I have been lucky enough to visit both of these amazing islands just in the past two months. And we fell in love! Of course, we’re already in love with each other (a convenient fact since we got married in January!) but we fell in love with Bermuda!
Although Bermuda is sometimes lumped in with the other Caribbean islands for cartographical reasons, Bermuda is actually not a part of the Caribbean islands. In fact, the closest landmass to Bermuda is Cape Hattaras, North Carolina. To save you all the trouble of whipping out your rulers, that’s only 568 miles off shore! Sounds close enough for a weekend getaway, right? Well, that’s exactly what we did.
We arrived on a Wednesday, just in time for the weekly street festival on Front Street in downtown Hamilton. (Now, keep in mind that there is a Hamilton province, as well as the actual city of Hamilton… which is, oddly enough, not in Hamilton province). But the street festival is a can’t miss Bermuda event! There were vendors selling homemade jewelry and artistic prints, snow cones, hair braiding, and live music. Top that off with the gorgeous harbor views and you’re pretty much guaranteed a fabulous evening.
Let’s talk about the beaches of Bermuda because let’s face it, that’s the real reason to go to Bermuda, no matter how amazing the street festivals might be. The beaches are absolutely amazing. Bermuda’s famous pink sand wasn’t quite as pink as we were expecting, but we heard that it tends to look pinker after rainstorms…of which we had none. So no pink sands, but no rain-we thought that was a pretty fair trade! The water in Bermuda is a gorgeous shade of blue that we thought was comparable to the water in the Florida Keys. And everyone knows how gorgeous that is! The kind of blue that inspires artists everywhere to paint, sketch, write, or capture the perfect picture.
The food in Bermuda tends to run on the expensive side, but you really won’t care once it hits your lips. We had a multitude of culinary treats while we were in Bermuda fabulous sushi at Pearl, authentic Thai at Silk, and delicious Rum Swizzles at the local hangout The Swizzle Inn.
So some final tips for Bermuda? Be sure and explore the coves around the corner of Horseshoe Bay Beach, have a Rum Swizzle or a Dark and Stormy, buy some Bermuda shorts, bring lots of sunscreen, and prepare to relax!
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