Bermy: it's not for everyone

As everyone we saw while we were back in the UK will already know, Bruce is somewhat more fond of island life than I am. Apparently he shocked one of his colleagues by saying that his favourite thing about living in Bermuda was that he gets to spend more time with his wife... so although I am not allowed to come home anytime soon, I guess that's nice.

Rubbish things about Bermuda

• The weather - sweaty faces is not an attractive look
• It's TINY
• There's an awful lot of golf courses for people that don't like golf (me)
• Ants
• Cockroaches
• Spiders (everywhere at the moment - our house looks like we've started decorating for Halloween already)
• Skinks
• A lot of tourists
• No Starbucks/Costa/Caffe Nero
• Our phones think we are in Bogota
• $10 strawberries (a new record!)
• Cats (well, one in particular) are getting chubby in the hot weather
• No snow - in fact, basically no cold weather whatsoever. Currently it is 25C in my lounge and that's chilly... cardigan weather!

Amazing things about Bermuda

• It's a whole lot prettier than the UK
• We get the ferry to work
• They play "Proud to be Bermudian" in arrivals at the airport
• X Factor came here to film a judge's house episode
• Michael Douglas is basically our neighbour (well... down the road at least!)
• Delicious local lobster
• The pool
• Our lovely new car - we've called it Bucky (short for Starbucks as the color is "Caffe Mocha")
• Bruce is getting his BA gold card next week - first class lounges here we come!
• Less than 2 hours to New York
• We've been here for seven months and we've only just had to order gas
• And, ummmm. no tax...