{"id":3017,"date":"2011-07-25T13:32:01","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T19:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/cm\/?p=3017"},"modified":"2011-07-25T13:32:01","modified_gmt":"2011-07-25T19:32:01","slug":"a-very-quick-introduction-to-bermuda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/cm\/?p=3017","title":{"rendered":"a very quick introduction to bermuda."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a little of what Bermuda looks like. Take these, multiply by 10,000, and you&#8217;ll have a decent idea of how amazing that country is. I&#8217;ve never met such friendly, hospitable people in my life, nor seen such beautiful beaches.<\/p>\n<div align=center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/queen_of_subtle\/5972395642\/\" title=\"rosedon hotel by the queen of subtle, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6023\/5972395642_d8143bb473.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"rosedon hotel\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s the hotel we stayed at, thanks to Barritt&#8217;s. They served us breakfast on the patio every morning, with this view:<\/p>\n<div align=center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/queen_of_subtle\/5964129110\/\" title=\"our view by the queen of subtle, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6014\/5964129110_a07170fb0e.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"our view\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nParts of Bermuda reminded me a lot of San Juan, particularly the forts:<\/p>\n<div align=center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/queen_of_subtle\/5972418928\/\" title=\"fort wall (203\/365) by the queen of subtle, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6025\/5972418928_3f3d080de1.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"fort wall (203\/365)\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nHamilton is the main city on the island. We were within easy walking distance of all the action. It looks a lot like most ports in the Caribbean, but it&#8217;s way more unspoiled and far less tacky.<\/p>\n<div align=center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/queen_of_subtle\/5972426730\/\" title=\"front street, hamilton by the queen of subtle, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6149\/5972426730_78d82e217a.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"front street, hamilton\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nHorseshoe Bay is a pink-sand beach on the South Shore. We were there in the afternoon with probably fifty other people. How is that possible?<\/p>\n<div align=center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/queen_of_subtle\/5972429660\/\" title=\"horseshoe bay by the queen of subtle, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6140\/5972429660_74979d5701.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"horseshoe bay\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nWe snorkeled at Elbow Beach. The reefs are really close to shore, and the fish are friendly.<\/p>\n<div align=center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/queen_of_subtle\/5971889763\/\" title=\"reef by the queen of subtle, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6131\/5971889763_ec94153546.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"reef\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe whole town of St George&#8217;s is on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, because of things like the Unfinished Church:<\/p>\n<div align=center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/queen_of_subtle\/5972465278\/\" title=\"the unfinished church by the queen of subtle, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6024\/5972465278_58428896fa.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"the unfinished church\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nTo do next time: swim in Tobacco Bay.<\/p>\n<div align=center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/queen_of_subtle\/5972471328\/\" title=\"sunset over tobacco bay by the queen of subtle, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6124\/5972471328_9e095c13e1.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"sunset over tobacco bay\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nThis is what Bermuda looks like from above. The whole island is only 21 square miles.<\/p>\n<div align=center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/queen_of_subtle\/5972480494\/\" title=\"bermuda from above by the queen of subtle, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6135\/5972480494_8dd9eeef61.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"bermuda from above\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nAnd this is who I have to thank for our vacation: Barritt&#8217;s for buying it for us, and Matt for winning the trip with his cocktail recipe.<\/p>\n<div align=center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/queen_of_subtle\/5972478804\/\" title=\"the reason we went to bermuda by the queen of subtle, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6133\/5972478804_da9a919c47.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"the reason we went to bermuda\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nThere are about 130 more photos to come, but I have to have some spare time first!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a little of what Bermuda looks like. Take these, multiply by 10,000, and you&#8217;ll have a decent idea of how amazing that country is. I&#8217;ve never met such friendly, hospitable people in my life, nor seen such beautiful beaches. &nbsp; That&#8217;s the hotel we stayed at, thanks to Barritt&#8217;s. They served us breakfast &#8230;<a class=\"post-readmore\" href=\"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/cm\/?p=3017\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vacation"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/po9qt-MF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/cm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/cm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/cm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/cm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/cm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3017"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/cm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3022,"href":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/cm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3017\/revisions\/3022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/cm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/cm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/cm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}