Thursday, 15 May 2014

Faucet water's fine thanks...

Although Bermuda is meant to be more English than England - due to the overt politeness... you can say thank you about five times just to buy a stamp - I reckon it's actually much more American than British. Sure, they drive on the left, the road signs are like British ones (although there is a cool one for warning golf carts, which I've never seen in the UK!) and the post boxes are red, but apart from that, it is very American:

  • We're spending dollars - and yes they are Bermudian dollars, but it's a 1:1 conversation with USD and you can spend US dollars here too.
  • We walk along the sidewalk, call people on their cellphones, order appetizers and entrees in restaurants... but I think a tap is still a tap... I've never really worked out if in a restaurant (even in the US) you can ask for "faucet water"? Does anyone know?! If not, I might have to try it.
  • Almost all the food in the supermarket is from the US, although there are some UK brands around too (we randomly have Asda horseradish sauce and harissa paste).
  • The regular English cheddar (which costs about $7) is absolutely revolting.
  • If you're flying to the US, you clear US customs here, so you're treated as a domestic arrival when you land.
  • The TV is American - ours thinks it's in Florida (Florida local news seems to be a whole lot more dramatic).
.... oh and the other day Bruce felt the need to explain to me that a flight from Bermuda to Washington DC was an international flight.... unlike London to Madrid.

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