FIRST DAY IN BERMUDA

Bermuda - the new frontier: 
We have finally joined up after five months apart.  Until today Patrick has been living on the island while I stayed up north in Ontario, Canada.  Today marks another step into the future together - island life. 

Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean, about 54 square km in total, with a population of just over 64,000.  It is 1000km east of Cape Hatteras, USA; and 1,500km north of Puerto Rico.  Slap bang in the middle of nowhere and way smaller than where we call home. 

The hardship - moving house by flight - can anyone imagine? - crochety old bag, loaded down by 4 other bags carefully weighed to be exactly 50 pounds each; one Mary Poppins bag filled to capacity slung round neck, and carry on wheelie containing, of all things - lampshades, tea bags and you guessed it...books.   I must have looked a sight and certainly provided small talk snippets from bug-eyed fellow travelers - I could hardly see over the top of the mountain of luggage to steer my way through the crowds.  They were probably thinking that "the lady must have lots of clothes and a lot less sense"  not knowing that those bags contained our worldly goods for a long sojourn away from home.  The long list of 'must haves' included duvet covers and sheets, a couple of pillows, a trusty cheese grater, scuba gear, knitting, mugs, towels, pictures, photos, a few clothes, etc, etc, and ....yup.. books.  Thank goodness for a helpful and friendly bus driver at Park 'n Fly, and a porter who took time out to load my belongings onto a cart.  WestJet service wasn't so bad either.

The bright spot - landing in the middle of winter to find the temperature at a balmy 18 degrees Celsius.  Ah, bliss!

And so our new adventure begins - I think we are going to enjoy it - we will certainly be making the most of it.