LET’S TRY SHOPPING IN BERMUDA!

Thursday, July 20, 2017

Celebrity Summit / King’s Wharf

85 F and humid/sunny

More about Bermuda: those 67,000 residents live within 20.75 square miles, making it the 3^rd most densely populated place on Earth. Monaco is first, followed by Singapore. It’s the 5^th smallest country in the world, after Vatican City, Monaco, Nauru, and Tuvalu (the last two are located in the South Pacific).

We did not make connections with our friends this morning, so we took the 20 minute ferry to Hamilton. Talk about upscale. Longchamps, Lili Bermuda perfume, the gold, the silver, everything one could want is here. Julie was not kidding when she told us that items were expensive in Bermuda. Tom’s Deodorant was $10.25/regular sized roll on, the small Pringles can was $3.25 ($1 in Erie).

We strolled a park, found out how to cross streets (left side driving confuses me when crossing streets) paid $5.50 for one small bowl of ice cream, looked at pink sand jewelry, and could not access the free Internet. Brown & Co. department store was charming. Shepherd’s Pie at The Hog and Penny Pub was $26.00 and a burger was $21.00. If we thought wifi was reliable there, we would have eaten there, but everyone says the wifi is bad everywhere on the island.

After 4 ½ hours of exploring Hamilton, we got on the Ferry headed for the Royal Naval Dockyard and our ship. The ride was smooth. Today the clouds are fluffy white and do not block the glorious sun. The sea is azure and gentle.