I think the theme for this blog post should be the knowledge that a cruise ship is a small world. I should have learned this lesson from my first cruise where people were congratulating me on my belly-flop championship for the entire cruise. Although, this time I would extend the small world to include the ports.
Bermuda is home to 66,000 people, according to my knowledgeable taxi driver. Considering that's roughly twice the population of South Boston, or a tenth the population of Boston, that's a decent, but not large number. The cruise ship I was on, in comparison had roughly 3,000 passengers... Doing that the math that means 1 in 20 people I met were from my cruise ship! Alright, it doesn't actually imply that, but if everyone were put into a giant bag and shaken up...
The first amusing incident I'd relate along those lines requires a bit of back story. On the first day at sea, there was a pub crawl on the ship. The crawl went to five of the bars on-board with a drink at each one. There was also various shenanigans involved, which for the most part I won't go into. The one part I will go into is that there was a rule that stated whenever someone on the pub crawl yelled, "Pub Crawl!" everyone was supposed to respond, "Pub Crawl!" Being a bit of an instigator and having a loud carrying voice, I felt obligated to give out the call a few times (and was actually asked to do so by the boisterousness impaired). What does that have to do with 1 in 20? On the last day in Bermuda, I was sitting down enjoying a bottle of water when I heard a boy yell "pub crawl!" I turned around and saw one of the guy's who had been on the pub crawl with me and his young son. The son had apparently recognized me and the call!
One of my favorite pastimes on the ship was singing karaoke. They had karaoke set up each night, and I would have a couple of drinks while singing. There was a core group who showed up most every night. But there were also people who showed up a couple of times, or at least I didn't see every night. And yet, I had people waving to me quite frequently, "Hey Karaoke guy!" Twice was while I was in Bermuda sight-seeing! I guess I do tend to stick out of a crowd, but still...
A few other random pictures... I thought this one was hilarious. At poolside on the cruise ship there were two bronze statues. This one of a girl diving/jumping into a mini-pool, notice the sign!
This picture was taken in the oldest church (St. Peter's) in Bermuda, which was built in 1612. Quite a nice place, and surprisingly quiet considering the noise right outside from the street and foot traffic. This is their organ, which ended up being a little blurry...
This is a picture of the National Drink of Bermuda, the Rum Swizzle as served at the Pickled Onion (the onion being the national vegetable, of which I didn't partake, instead I had the fish and chips, which was excellent, although most excellent on the fish side than the chips side). I also had some Rum Swizzle at the Swizzle Inn, which has the motto "Swizzle Inn and Stagger Out" which isn't a just a motto.
Oh Bermuda also has a beach or two, this one being the most famous Horseshoe Bay:
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