For Part 1, go here.
For Part 2, go here.
Today is Part 3, which covers the 5th day of our trip, the second day in Bermuda. After looking through these photos I have definitely decided to use some for some My World Tuesday posts, so there will be more later. That means I may not have picked my favorite photos for this, but it is a general overview of the day.
We decided to rent a scooter. Tourists are not allowed cars, so it is scooter or public transportation. We knew we could not get to all the places we needed to go, especially in a timely manner on public transportation since we wanted to go Letterboxing. Thus we rented a scooter.
Notice the attractive helmet. Imagine how much MORE attractive it looked on me. No pictures. (We really did not chronicle all of this trip very well, did we?) The scooter was quite an adventure for two reasons. Prince Charming has not spent a lot of time in his life on such vehicles, therefore he was a bit nervous about driving it. Also in Bermuda they drive on the opposite side of the road from what we do in America. And they have roundabouts. On the first roundabout we missed the exit and had to go another way. We could not find a place to turn around for five miles. But I was not irritated. I was in love! (I’m telling you, waiting ten years to take a honeymoon is not a bad idea at all!)
Now notice the wind. I mentioned that it was blustery the day before. This day was not much different except there was more sun.
Our letterboxing adventures that day took us to an old fort (one of many on the island) and to Horseshoe Bay–possibly the most popular beach on the island. The fort was wonderful, and even more so because we FOUND the letterbox! At the bay, we found one out of two. We have no idea if the other was there or not; the clues seemed to be not very clear, so it could have been there without our finding it.
The water was cold, but there is no way I can be by and ocean and not get my feet wet. I grew up in the Midwest, and now I live where there is even less water. But when I first saw the ocean (7th grade?) I was in love… forever.
The plovers on the beach were not shy. This one was running within inches of a person lying down on the beach.
By this time it was mid-afternoon. We had to head back for the daily nap, which by this time was preceded by daily ice cream. (Good thing we were hiking a lot or we would have gained 15 pounds each that week!)
Tomorrow is SkyWatch. I haven’t decided if I am going to just post a sky picture for the next day or include the next day on Friday. It doesn’t matter. The sky picture tomorrow will be good no matter where it is from
April 1, 2009 at 8:35 am
Don’t the colors just blow your mind?!
Sigh. I REALLY hope we get back there this summer!
April 1, 2009 at 9:30 am
The colour of that sea and the light is something else. Who could resist doing that too, walking in the sea?
April 1, 2009 at 10:05 am
Louise: You have some great pictures. Hope you enjoy your vacation.
April 1, 2009 at 12:07 pm
wowwww what a “trip”!!!
I guess the “scooter”was a good idea! I will suggest it for Cezar in the next trip!
Wonderful ocean! You are so happy and nice in this picture!
Many thanks for sharing these fantastic pictures from your honeymoon!”Race to dream!”
God bless you
Your friend Léia
Happy April!!!!!!!! 🙂
April 1, 2009 at 1:04 pm
Thank you for sharing your trip with us. What a beautiful adventure. Your Prince Charming on a scooter is a great photo!
April 1, 2009 at 2:35 pm
Fabulous. Nice to see your photo, too.
April 1, 2009 at 4:52 pm
The color of the ocean is divine.
April 1, 2009 at 7:57 pm
That ocean is an unfathomable colour, isn’t it? It seems unreal. Wow.
April 1, 2009 at 8:33 pm
When we were on our cruise over New Year’s, the only thing the ship told us not to do under any circumstances was to rent a scooter!
April 1, 2009 at 8:50 pm
What fun — and now I sort of know what “letterboxing” is…
Nice job not falling off the scooters…
April 1, 2009 at 8:52 pm
Oh Louise, I’m so loving this. That ocean looks amazing. And how fun to ride scooters.
April 2, 2009 at 5:45 am
I loved the ocean too. Wonderful pictures young lady!
April 2, 2009 at 6:18 am
I was 16 the first time I saw the ocean. And like you, I am in love! Someday I’d like to live near the beach, if only for awhile.
April 2, 2009 at 10:23 am
Is letter boxing like geo caching? BritGalSarah and Rob both go geo caching …
April 2, 2009 at 11:41 am
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April 2, 2009 at 12:00 pm
The colours of the ocean are truly amazing overthere. Must be absolutely a great place to fall in love with Price Charming again.
Prince Charming took a great shot of you, Louise!
April 2, 2009 at 1:28 pm
Exaquisite colors, I just want to wrap myself in those waters and wear them!
April 2, 2009 at 1:56 pm
Oh… i see this picture and fell so for summer soon…
But in my place we still have a bit of the snow 😦
BUT, happy weekend be both shall have!!
April 2, 2009 at 5:18 pm
This is such a vibrant beautiful blue.
April 2, 2009 at 5:21 pm
I guess I am lucky today. Blue is my favourite colour, all shades of it too.
Lovely picture. Have a great break.
April 2, 2009 at 6:30 pm
Blue most definitely is my favourite colour and these shades are almost unbelieveable.
April 2, 2009 at 10:57 pm
ahhh! this is so inviting! I wish I were swimming there now.
April 3, 2009 at 6:53 am
Lovely aquamarines! Blue is my favorite color so I really enjoyed the sky and sea.
April 3, 2009 at 8:57 am
We have tons of roundabouts here. 🙂 I love the color of that water! Stunning! I bet it was fun putting around on the scooter!
April 3, 2009 at 9:08 am
Fantastic colors!
April 3, 2009 at 10:00 am
Beautiful waters!
April 3, 2009 at 12:02 pm
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April 6, 2009 at 9:55 am
The color of the water at Horseshoe Bay is absolutely incredible. I’m impressed with the courage you showed by renting a scooter. And the ice cream followed by a nap sounds like a great way to end a day of sight-seeing!