Tag Archives: Bermuda

A Girls Getaway: Finding Sanity And Fun On Our Vacation in Bermuda

Posted on by October 15, 2011

Pink sands. Turquoise water. Baby blue skies. It’s Bermuda, and man is it perfect.

Bermuda HotelAbout a year ago, eight girlfriends began planning this vacation. An escape to paradise with college roommates, sorority sisters and 7th grade pals. We chose Bermuda because it was a place that none of us had visited and as a getaway, it was perfection.

Bermuda is about 640 miles east of North Carolina, or basically a 2 hours flight for much of the East Coast.

 

The Hotel

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Blogging from Bermuda: Ophelia and Philippe

Posted on by October 3, 2011

All day I’d been hearing about how Hurricane Ophelia was on her way to Bermuda. I wasn’t too concerned but thought it might be wise to get the opinion of a Bermudian.

The hotel's message board about Hurricane Ophelia.

I turned to my good friend the sound engineer at Club Moon (long story) and he told me: “There’s nothing to worry about, you’ll be completely safe. We’ve had lots of hurricanes and in our history only two people have died.”

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Blogging From Bermuda: A Run Along Front Street

Posted on by October 1, 2011

It was 7 a.m. and I was pretending to be asleep because I didn’t want Jane to ask me to go on a run with her. We’d been out dancing until 2 a.m. and though at dinner three of us said we’d go for a morning run, I was praying we’d all be equally hungover and simply sleep.

Front Street in Bermuda.

Then, 9 a.m. arrived and Whitney came into the room, dressed and ready to pound the pavement. I groaned. This is happening. Jane … Read more ...