You can certainly have the taxi from the airport stop at the Harrington Hundreds market for you to shop...but most people simply like to get to their guest accommodations immediately upon arrival to check-in and get established. In addition to this you will be paying a taxi wait-time while you shop for chips and soft-drinks. These items are already going to be more expensive on Bermuda adding taxi fares. Your best bet will be to stop at either Harrington Hundred (there's a bus stop right there..open until 9 PM Mon-thru-Sat) on your way back from Hamilton...OR... the Marketplace supermarket on the Somerset Rd. (bus stop right there...open until 10 PM Mon-thru-Sat, 1 PM-5 PM on Sun) on your way back from Dockyard after you've arrived.

When you arrive at the airport and are waiting for you luggage to spill out onto the conveyor, you may purchase TRANSPORTATION PASSES from the Tourist Information Desk right there in the Arrival Hall. If not, passes may be available from the front desk at Pompano Beach Club (telephone or e-mail them directly and ask)...otherwise, you will either have to purchase them at the main ferry or bus terminals in Hamilton, Dockyard or Saint George's.

There are plenty of other restaurants on Bermuda where you son can probably wear flip-flops to dinner...and perhaps he will feel more comfortable at these. For the most part, I can't quite understand why wearing foot covering is such an onerous task for an adult ? As for wearing shorts in the dining room at Pompano Beach Club for dinner, your husband may certainly do so.....proper Bermuda shorts and knee socks are perfectly appropriate attire for social or business occasions...but wearing sports shorts and pulling tube socks up as high as they'll go above the sneakers ain't gonna' get it. This is a better dining room...at a better hotel...it ain't a Hooters.

Ziplady - thanks for the reply - the Pompano had told us that shorts were OK, but we wanted to check with folks who had been there to make sure it was "really" OK.

KDKSail - thanks for the information on the transportation passes, and thanks for the insight on proper dress attire in Bermuda. We have not been there for 23 years and realize it has change a lot. In our recent travels to Jamaica, Aruba, Hawaii, Caracus, Captiva and other destinations we have always packed "dinner" dress, which our family wore, but no one else did. We appreciate your advice, however, it could of done without the derogatory comments at the end.

KDKSAIL

It seems like you just can't win these days.

Let me go on the record to say that I totally appreciate your style and don't change a thing. Your sense of humour is one of the main reasons I check in here everyday. Keep it up. You make life interesting.

Daffy

Regarding shorts:

Absolutely, true "Bermuda Shorts" & knee high socks with dress shoes (that the business men in Bermuda wear) are always acceptable and look smashing! So if your hubby is so inclined, he will look absolutely fabulous!

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