Do They Have A Bottle Brush Down There????

This am I got "smacked upside the head" good by a message my sister Aloma sent regarding our trip to Bermuda next month. She told me that if Max liked any kind of cereal bring it with us, cereal was $7/box down there and also any particular snack that he can't do without.

I really think Amanda is in for a "culture shock" once she steps off that plane. I think Max will do better because of all the wildlife and plants he wants to see and the beach. So my ever-so-practical big sister said "don't forget it costs a lot to live in paradise", hehehe

Amanda thinks she can go swanning off in her lovely new clothes and pick up large Dunkin' Donuts iced coffees all day. After I told her she will carry a water bottle where ever she went and Scott's towels to mop her face, she wanted to know "do they have a bottle brush down there because she doesn't want any bacteria growing in her bottle!" I just about rolled around on the floor laughing my ass off

Fact: you walk and ride the bus everywhere and somehow co-ordinate rides if they are needed and available. There's one car per household, always has been, and last year when I went home I couldn't believe how packed the island was full of cars, motor bikes trucks etc all going 90 mph on the left-hand side of some very narrow roads.

When you ride the bus you very quickly learn to keep your head and arms inside the bus because the trees etc will slap you upside the head as you go :D

It's a whole different way of life down there. You don't rush about much in the hot sunshine. You carry your water bottle around in a tote bag with a small umbrella because it can rain and the Scott's towel to mop your face.

So I told my daughter who is half-Bermudian who hasn't been home since 1992, that believe me a bottle-brush would be the very least of her problems.

This reminds me my cousin LaVerne gave me my very own metal water bottle in a nice green colour and I have to dig it out and throw it in the suitcase...along with enough cereal to last Max for 10 days

More blog posts on this as I go. Bermuda is another world
*picture is Tobacco Bay in St George's, seems very quiet doesn't it????*