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lining the corridor. I walked through the lobby out to
the hotel garden, and my first daylight views offered
me, along with views of the cerulean ocean, a pink-
painted British phone box and a sculpture called
Pumpkin by Yayoi Kusama. I stretched my gaze fur-
ther to a vista of pink and turquoise, banana yellow
and pistachio green houses.
It’s little wonder this pretty island inspired the
work of esteemed American artists; Homer, O’Keeffe
and Wyeth spent time in Bermuda painting the land-
scapes. Their sojourns were the inspiration for the
Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art, which now
houses some of their Bermuda-focused work as well
as a comprehensive collection of local artists’ work,
spanning the ages. The museum with its 1,500+
pieces of Bermuda-inspired watercolours,
lithographs, photographs and etchings is housed in a
villa within the beautiful Botanical Gardens.
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SHORTCUTS IN
BERMUDA’S COLOURFUL
COSMOPOLITAN HUB
Back in downtown Hamilton, I saw the bustling cap-
ital in action, including many men rushing off to
meetings in coloured Bermuda shorts, part of the
island’s proper business attire with a blazer and long
coloured socks. Shops were full of these sartorial
icons lined up like a rainbow in different shades.
Heading out of the capital I drove through
parishes, getting lost in neighbourhoods of colourful
homes flowing with bougainvillea and hibiscus.
Driving from these colourful slices of cities to the
heaven that is Bermuda’s beaches was also part of the
rhythm of our gentle days. There are endless beaches
to visit or discover in Bermuda. Standouts? Horseshoe
Bay is one of Bermuda’s and among the world’s finest
beaches. With its pretty pink sand and clear blue
water, it’s just perfect. Lesser-known beach gems
include Warwick Long Bay. Not too far from Horse-
shoe Bay, it’s more secluded and rugged but with the
same pink-coloured sand and blue ocean, sprays of
green-and-brown shrubs for a new colour palette.
It’s there I lay under the sun playing word games in
my head. What do you get when you put colourful
and Bermuda together? Bermudaful.
DS
TRAVEL PLANNER
For more travel information about Bermuda see
bermuda.com
PHOTOS: BERMUDA TOURISM AUTHORITY. OPPOSITE: COURTESY OF TOURISM WINNIPEG