Jan 9
🔝5️⃣. Up next in my annual collection of Favourite things are Restaurants🥕. My ever expanding waistline is evidence of my propensity for eating out and that does not come without a lot of effort, and much good fortune to eat in some very nice places.
Please click for moreWe all leave today for the Bahamas where my daughter is again representing Bermuda at an international swim meet. The Bermuda team is joined by other Caribbean nations as well as a sprinkling of Americans and Canadians trying to secure Olympic qualifying times, so it should be fun to watch.
Please click for moreSaturday was an eventful day. My daughter on her birthday fed baby sharks and sting rays, swam and kissed and cuddled a dolphin, ate her way through an ice-cream mountain and then when fast asleep around 10pm dreaming of I would hope dolphins but probably ice-cream, she was awoken by a huge unannounced firework display a touch down the beach on Paradise Island from where we were staying.
Sleepy eyed she smiled and shuddered in turn at every splash of colour and large bang. It was a day to remember.
Two hours later just as we were about to call it a night after purposely watching again James Bond’s Casino Royale, because the hotel we were staying in plays a starring role, the sound of an alarm thundered around our room. This was followed by a recorded message that there was an incident that was being investigated but there was no need for alarm and to wait for further instructions.
Our daughter was awake again but was soon back to sleep. I opened the door of the hotel and peered into the night. Nothing going on.
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We are spoiling ourselves tomorrow and flying down to the Bahamas for a long weekend. It is our daughter’s 4th birthday on Saturday and after much debate on parties and cake, we somehow convinced ourselves that going away would be less hassle and more cost efficient. No, I don’t know how we came to that conclusion either.
Anyway, Nassau from Miami is a short hop and we can get there from here in half a day. So tomorrow lunchtime I should be sat by a pool with a bowl of conch chowder and a tall glass of Bahama Mama!
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Siesta Key Beach, Florida
