bermuda summer

   People have always been telling me that summers in Bermuda are phenomenal and they are all right!  Since summer started, my weekends have been fully booked.  There’s not a weekend where I don’t have a social engagement that I feel that the weekends are even shorter! 

My fantastic weekends normally start with Friday happy hour, which starts right after work.  I’m definitely at the Princess at around 5 hanging out with fellow expats while looking at the gorgeous Bermuda water.  Happy hour is actually what you think it is — drinks are cheaper!  That is, of course, in terms of Bermuda prices.  How it works?  You’ll have to buy tickets (which actually look like stubs you get from Time Zone) at the entrance for drinks and hamburger or hotdog then you’ll just eat and drink and drink until the sun goes down at around 830-9ish.  At that point, people will then move on to Lemon Tree, which is another cafe that has happy hour but at a later hour than the Princess.  It’s pretty much the same thing but it set in a park, which I find kinda cool.  Lemon Tree is happening until closing, that is, 12 midnight then people will head on to the Pickled Onion or Cairo or they’ll be too drunk that they’ll just head home. 

On Saturdays and Sundays, we definitely take out the boat with friends and go around the island if the weather is good.  I never really went boating before and now that I do, I’m thinking, why the hell didn’t I do that before?!  But yeah, I have to remind myself that boating is really expensive in the Philippines that’s why I never did it. 

This is my boyfriend’s boat, which we worked hard on for several weeks to get in the water in time for summer…It’s all worth it! 

Proud boat workers!

We normally spend one whole day boating.  We would drive around the island and explore areas not normally reached via land.  I just love it since we could go to a secluded romantic place or to a very popular area depending on our mood.  The possibilities are limitless.  We could go fishing, just sit around and eat or sleep, jump in the water with our noodle, lie on the beach, or just hang around with other boats, which I find the coolest! 

After a whole day on the boat, there’s always a party to go to — birthdays, leaving the island, hen night, or just a party for no reason at all. 

At the end of my weekends, I’m pretty exhausted and sleep like a baby.  Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining at all.  I really love the summer here in Bermuda even if I’m getting darker and darker every week.