BERMUDA has lots to celebrate in 2009. Four hundred years ago, an English sailing vessel was shipwrecked on this mid-Atlantic archipelago, giving birth to the island nation of Bermuda, one that is now in full-swing party mode. With regattas decked out in Christmas lights, folk dance performances and star-studded music festivals (Quincy Jones and John Legend anyone?), it’s a gala four centuries in the making. Yes, the quirky charms are still there — men in namesake shorts and knee-high socks, pink sand beaches, folks zipping around on scooters — but with 400 years of maturi...
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