'Ke, uthathe ntoni ixesha elide ukuza eBermuda?' Umyeni wam, uRob, kunye nam, sasihleli kwibhari entle eyenziwe ngamaplanga eRosewood Bermuda, kwaye umthengisi webhari, u-Owen Lightbourne, wayesoloko esibiza ngembeko. Sifikile nje kwindawo yokuphumla, ehlala ilitye & apos; ukuphosa kwiindawo ezinabantu abaMichael Bloomberg kunye noRoss Perot. Kukho amachibi amane, i-croquet lawn, kunye nokukhanya kolwandle. Igumbi lethu belingekakulungeli ukwakhiwa, ke besibulala ixesha ngelixa umntwana wethu omncinci, uBobby, ebaleka ngolonwabo phakathi kwezihlalo zethu.
Impendulo ethembekileyo, sichaze, kukuba thina & apos; sibeke iBermuda ngenxa yokuba ihlala ibonakala isondele kakhulu, kulula kakhulu. Ngaphambi kokuba ngumzali, ezona zinto ziphambili kuthi bezikude kwaye zingaqhelekanga. Ngoku indawo ekufikeleleka kuyo ngokulula - enye enamabhishi amahle, hayi ngaphantsi - lusindiso.
Kodwa awunyanzelekanga ukuba ube ngumzali ukuze usixabise isibheno seBermuda. I-archipelago emile okweentlanzi kunye nonxweme olupinki embindini weAtlantic, izolile, intle, kwaye ingene ezimbalini. Kuqala ukuhlala amaNgesi ngo-1609, iBermuda yayiyindawo yokurhweba kangangamakhulu eminyaka. Kwinkulungwane yama-20, yaba yindawo yeholide kubantu abakwi-East Coast elite, ababeza kuthi xhaxhe ukuya kwigalufa kunye ne-tan kunye nokusela i-rum swizzles kwihotele i-Elbow Beach, indawo ephambili kwii-60s kunye nee-70s. Kwiminyaka engamashumi edlulileyo, njengoko uphuhliso luyehla kwaye ukhenketho luthathe indawo yokuhlala ngasemva kumashishini anengeniso, njenge-inshurensi kunye neebhanki, i-glitterati yanciphisa iscenier, ilanga Iziqithi zeCaribbean YeAnguilla kunye neSt Bart & apos; s. Kusafuneka ndikhumbuze abahlobo, uninzi lwabahambi abanobuqili, ukuba le ndawo yaseBritane yaphesheya ayikho kwiCaribbean, kodwa ziimayile ezingama-650 ngasempuma yeNorth Carolina- enexesha elifanayo elifanayo eliqhuba ngoMeyi ukuya kuSeptemba.
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