Home Sweet Home

I never thought I would be so glad to be home from a vacation. We went on our cruise to Bermuda last week. Basically, we made the best of a horrible time. Being on Bermuda was really nice, but being on the cruise was no fun at all.

First, the cruise line SUCKED!! Never, never ever go on a Norwegian Cruise. My parents went on a Norwegian Cruise in March and they said the same thing, but we thought since it was a different ship things might be different. Nope. It was horrible. The service was terrible. The crew acted like we were bothering them just by being on the cruise. They were not friendly or accomadating and for the price you pay to go on a cruise, they should be kissing your butt. Everyday we had to call and request room service because they would just never come to our room. Half the time our trash was overflowing and we had to sit our dirty room service food tray in the hall because they wouldn't pick it up on a regular basis. Also, based on my cruise experiences, they are far more pricey than other cruise lines when it comes to drinks, spa services, and other onboard activities.

The kicker for me though was room service. They did offer it, but on a limited basis. On other cruise lines you could order anything from the menu that they were serving in the dining room that night and they would send it to your room (this is a meal that is included in your ticket price and doesn't cost extra). On Norwegian they wouldn't do that. I spent most of the time we were at sea sick in our room and I couldn't move about the ship without getting sick. On the last night, Stonewall went down to the dining room to order food for us in our room. They told him that they wouldn't send it up to us, we had to eat in the dining room. Stonewall told them that I was sick and couldn't come down. Finally, they said that they would prepare food for me, but they wouldn't deliver it to the room, Stonewall had to carry is up himself. Also, if he wanted to eat food from the dining room he had to eat it there since he was able to come down, so they wouldn't prepare food for him. I was so po'd. I'm still rather mad about it.

As mentioned, I spent every day at sea sick as a dog. Whether it was from morning sickness or sea sickness, I have no idea. I think it was both rolled in to one. We were in Bermuda for 3 days and I was feeling better on those days, but I wasn't up to par.

Bermuda itself was really pretty. We had a good time shopping and touring the islands. We rented a moped, which Stonewall loved. I'll admit it was fun driving around the island on it, but it was also a little scary. The roads are so narrow and some of the other mopeders are crazy drivers! It was also a bit chilly. It was in the low 70s when we were there, so not cold, but it also wasn't as hot as I thought it would be. I did manager to get sunburn on my nose though.




This is the Statue of Liberty as we are pulling out of port on our first day.

We spent our first day on Bermuda at the beack. It was really pretty, but also chilly. I spent most of the time using my towel as a blanket.

There was a parade going on during dinner the first evening. We ate at an amazing Thai place. Surprisingly, Bermuda is very English, so their restaurants are pretty much what you find at home. There were a lot of pubs, steakhouses, Chinese take-outs. One place we stopped at had Philly cheese steaks. I was like, "You've got be kidding. "

We stopped at a random beach on our way back to the ship from St. George's. While in St. George's we went to a museum about the Civil War. The American Civil War. Yeah.

We went up in their lighthouse. It is the world's second steel lighthouse. Bermuda is surrounded by rocks and reefs and it is really shallow, so shipwrecks are pretty common. We had to climb 189 steps to get to the top and it was really windy up there, but really awesome.

We went to Fort Hamilton. (Stonewall was not a happy camper that we skipped all the forts in St. George's.) They've turned it into a garden. It was very peaceful and pretty. It definitely would be my lunch spot should I ever live in Bermuda. One of those houses belongs to Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

This is the Dockyard. I'm on the balcony in our room. Way back in the day this is where all the ships were brought for repairs and what not. They've turned it into a shopping area. Also, the Dockyard Glassworks and Bermuda Rum Cake headquarters is here. You can watch them blow the glass and make the cake.

This is a picture of the water as we were leaving Bermuda. I just thought it was really cool looking with all the sand getting churned up.

On a quick side note because I'm sure someone is wondering: Yes, it was our ship that the lady fell overboard.