Interesting bit of trivia: Hamilton, Bermuda is the antipode of Perth, Australia.

Our first full weekend in Bermuda. Weather has been warmer than what apparently is typical for this time of year. Some of the locals are saying it’s warmer now than in July, although when I was here in July it seemed just as hot to me.

Kim and I spent Saturday cruising the City of Hamilton on foot (fairly easy since the city is only about ½ mile wide by ½ mile long). We shopped for a new car, which was a real eye-opener for us. With Bermuda’s tax structure for new cars (get this: 75% tax on the first $10M plus 150% tax on everything over $10M), that cute little BMW convertible that Kim had her eye on came to about $120,000. On to plan B which may be a stripped down Toyota.

Sunday was a day of rest. Actually I think that all the fresh sea air we’re getting has made us both run out of gas much more easily. We’re both sleeping more soundly and much longer than usual.

We found out that our surface shipment arrived in Bermuda late last week. (That would be all our household furniture and goods). If there are no problems clearing customs we expect delivery next Monday and Tuesday. We’ll probably continue to stay at the temporary condo until we get things a bit more settled in our new house.

By the way, our house is call High Corners. Seems that Bermudians like to name their houses much the same way the English do. And, our address is 1 Windcrest Drive. I went out there today to do some measuring for our furniture. Also took some pictures. I was going to put the pics onto the blog, but so far I haven't figured out how to post pictures that you can enlarge. Those already posted are a bit too small. (If anyone knows how to do it, let me know). In any case, I instead posted a few to this link: http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd289/kimandneil/Bermuda/.

Next time: Kim goes for a driving lesson.