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We decided to order room service this morning since we didn’t want to wake up too early but wanted to get off the ship to explore as soon as we could. This worked out fairly well, though the breakfast was delivered a little later than we had expected. We didn’t have our bus/ferry passes that we had ordered the previous day, so Maddie and I had to go down to the explorations desk and wait in a long line. While we were waiting, the breakfast was delivered. Maddie and I ate our breakfast while Gabe took his shower.

We had quite a bit of stuff to haul with us in port. We departed the ship with a full backpack, the stroller, and the big camera bag. We posed for the obligatory port photo (which we were glad to do!). The photographers were amusing as half of them were dressed as pirates. “Come get your picture taken with the pirate! Arrrr!!! Get your picture with the LADY pirate!” We were amused.

We took the ferry to St. George’s since we learned it would be faster than taking the bus. We just made the ferry, which was lucky since they leave about once an hour. We wondered why everyone else had a different type of ticket from us, but they let us on the ferry, so we didn’t think about it too much. Maddie did great on the ferry until Gabe went to the restroom. She was NOT happy about that, but a little girl came over to cheer her up. They did a little bit of fighting over the toys (under 2-year-olds do not understand the concept of sharing), but they were very cute together. Everyone wanted to play with Valentino. They also loved That’s Not My Train (a new one for this trip!) and That’s Not My Dragon.

We chose St. George’s since it is small and historic. Many of the buildings were built in the 1600s! I just love the colors all around Bermuda in the buildings, flowers, and water. We had a gorgeous day! Bermuda is a beautiful place. We walked around most of St. George’s with Maddie riding in the stroller. She loves that thing. Unfortunately, St. George’s is not completely stroller friendly. We had some sidewalks in places, but most of the town (and Bermuda as a whole) seems to have narrow roads without sidewalks with lots of blind curves and crazy drivers. We had heard that not everywhere was stroller friendly, and it didn’t stop us from seeing the sights.

We started at the visitor center where we got a few maps and figured out where we wanted to go. It was neat walking around St. George’s as I remembered a few of the sights from when my family visited when I was a kid. I remembered St. Peter’s Church, the gallows, and the dunking stool. Our first stop was St. Peter’s Church which was originally built in 1615 (though most of the present structure is from about 100 years later).

Our next stop was up the hill to The Unfinished Church ruins. When doing my research at home, I thought that this looked like a really neat place to visit. It was probably my most favorite spot in St. George’s. It’s at the top of the hill with a lovely view of the ocean. The church began construction in the 1870s and was intended to replace St. Peter’s Church. For various reasons, it was never finished. Maddie thought it was a neat place to explore.

We had the place to ourselves for the most part, but two other groups of people came into the church while we were there. Some strangers took our photo.

Maddie found some nice places to sit.

We continued to walk around St. George’s and found a nice little park. I recognized this style of “moon gate” from my childhood visits to Bermuda.

Another stranger took our photo in the park.

By this point, we were hungry and found lunch at the White Horse Tavern. Good grief Bermuda food is expensive. I guess they have to import a lot since they are a tiny bunch of islands in the middle of the ocean? Our lunch was almost $60. Holy crap! Maddie didn’t eat very much and was ready for her nap in the stroller right after lunch.

Gabe and I walked around and took in some more of the sights. We walked up to the State House and surrounding area and along the waterfront. We went to the Customs House to get our passports stamped.

We boarded the ferry at about 3pm and headed back to our ship. Maddie was a tad bit more restless on the return trip, but a few nice passengers played peek-a-boo and entertained her for a portion of the 50-minute boat ride. All in all, she had a great day!

We couldn’t resist taking a few photos of our ship.

Maddie took this one.

Since we put sunscreen on Maddie for our outing, we tried to bathe her before dinner. She HATED our makeshift bathing situation. We put a washcloth over the showerhead so that it dripped onto her and a towel on the floor so we could sit in the shower, but she just didn’t like it. We just washed her as quickly as possible. She could have used a longer nap on this day, so we knew that dinner might be a tad iffy. We had a little time before dinner, so we tried to burn off some energy on the decks. She really loved this part of the day. During dinner, we tried entertaining her with crayons and books, but she still didn’t make it through the whole meal.

After dinner, we want back to change Maddie into her pajamas and put her in the Ergo carrier. We walked around the ship and realized we had just missed a pretty sunset. Maddie fell asleep on Daddy, and we went to watch Battle of the Sexes. It was pretty much the same gameshow as the one on our last cruise, but it was fairly entertaining. We then went to the photo gallery where we picked out some of the formal portraits from the previous night. Maddie woke up at some point, so we headed back to the cabin to call it an early night. The casino was closed, so neither of us needed to rush off to play poker.

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Posted by kerry on Friday, May 29th, 2009 at 4:48am.
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