Life in Bermuda

Hello everyone!

We are having a fabulous time in Bermuda. Susan and Munir (Walids parents) are here coincidentally on vacation as well!

Wednesday afternoon after blogging we went to the bookstore in Hamilton. They import from the UK and USA so some books were pricier than others. However, we learned an interesting fact-some books have different titles in the USA and England. The staff was complaining about accidently double ordering books. It is quite common with James Patterson and several of the "chick lit" reads. For example, on the way over to Bermuda I read Shopaholic Takes Manhattan. I saw it in the bookstore here but it was shipped from England and called Shopaholic Abroad. Wednesday evening we went to Tuckers Point to visit Susan and Munir, check out their new place, and had a really nice time with them.
On Thursday Walid and I went to a used book store called The Barn. We stocked up on a few more books-and at 50 cents for a paperback and 1 dollar for a hard cover we did quite well. I got a bit nervous about books because on the way over 6 books in 4 and a half days. I read easy, fun books during the day and in the evenings have been (still) taking my time and enjoying The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton. Long story short, I worried about running out of books by the time we were in non-english speaking countries where restocking may be more difficult. So, after the used book store we met up with Susan and Munir and had a lovely visit at the zoo and aquarium followed by a relaxing evening on the boat with a great thunderstorm that came through.
Friday Walid and I found a rail trail that was for pedestrians only. We got up, packed a picnic lunch, and took off to the rail trail. We ran about 3 miles before cutting off the trail and heading to Warwick Bay. The beach had maybe 2 other people on it! We found a quiet cove and set up camp for a few hours in the sun. We had a picnic lunch, swam and read. Unfortunatly we forgot water, so, after only a few hours we had to leave because we were so thirsty. The late afternoon was spent running errands and doing work on the boat. We had BBQ salmon for dinner (we were finally able to use our grill again!!) and then hit the town for a night of dancing. We got in late and I went to bed. Walid was full of energy so he stayed up doing boat chores. At some point he thought he would give himself a haircut, something he had been meaning to do...
This morning I rolled over and woke up to the disturbing sight of my husbands head that had transformed from nice bleached hair to something that resembled a dying hedgehog. Apparently, the clippers died half way through because his hair was so thick. He recharged the clippers while he slept and we tried our best to fix it this morning. Again, the clippers died. At this point at least Walid could leave the boat with a hat on. (Earlier this morning he had tendrils of long hair flowing from random locations.) We made our way to land, had a quick bite to lunch, and then found a nice hair salon with a woman who fixed what had been done in no time. This afternoon we are planning on swimming around the boat and relaxing. The weather is great so we are going to have another BBQ tonight which we are looking forward to.
We hope that you are all having a great weekend and missing us terribly.
(just kidding)