A surprise return visit to the island some 57 years after Susan and Jo Rodrigues honeymooned here led to a trip of a lifetime.The couple, who were only 22 and 23 at the time, danced their nights away with other newlyweds to The Talbot Brothers ensemble.Now aged 78 and 79 years old they came back to Bermuda late last month hoping they would find the Talbot Brothers, but unfortunately the last of the brothers, Roy, passed away only two years ago. Instead they were introduced to their sons, Del and Clem Talbot, who presented the couple with The Talbot Brothers book and CD.This gift will come in handy for the Rodrigues’, as when they left Bermuda in 1954 they took a 78 record with them, but technology has moved on and gramophones (which predated record players) are a thing of a distant past, so there was no way for them to play it.They never forgot Bermuda and they played The Talbot Brothers’ record for as long as they could as a reminder, and Mrs Rodrigues created an album of memorabilia from The Princess Hotel and around the island.Amazingly, they ended up by staying in the same hotel The Fairmont Hamilton Princess.Before their honeymoon, Mr Rodrigues had been to Bermuda for a visit, because he worked for the now defunct airline Pan American.“We stayed at the Elbow Beach,” he said.“The next trip I took was to Miami, and this was all before I met Sue, and I was like, ‘Why am I living in New York, this place is almost as beautiful as Bermuda!’“So when it came to our honeymoon, I said, ‘As far as I am concerned Bermuda is the nicest place to go’.”The couple, who always aimed to return to Bermuda, couldn’tbecause they had a family of eight and it wasn’t feasible.But in January, their children surprised them with tickets for a second honeymoon and the Rodrigues’ couldn’t refuse the opportunity of coming back to Bermuda.Remembering the Talbot Brothers, the couple spoke of how they fell in love with them and the island.“We fell in love with them, they were just great entertainers,” said Mrs Rodrigues.“They made such fun of us newlyweds and you couldn’t have better memories. They could work the audience.“In the past 57 years, millions of things have happened to us, and we have listened to millions of records, but the Talbot Brothers were Bermuda to us.“We ended up having eight children, so we were kind of grounded financially, but we would’ve come back a million times, but it lived in our minds and we were in Bermuda mentally.”Mr Rodrigues added: “These guys had a totally different style of music and it was lively, so we were really impressed with that.“Plus they had the personality and were down to earth friendly people, they weren’t uppity. In New York, it was big band music totally different style and they were up there [on the bandstand], where as here they would mingle during intermission.”So when their kids surprised the Floridians with the tickets, the first thing they thought about was whether the Talbot Brothers were still around and also about the now defunct Triminghams.“Unknown to us, Ausra (Sereike-Beek) the girl at the hotel here (in Fairmont Gold), arranged [for us to meet them],” she said.“We were shocked!”“Now we can listen to the Talbot Brothers’ music, so it’s like a fairy tale. People talk about being millionaires we feel like millionaires today.“I mean who would’ve ever figured that two old people would get such attention and like I said, ‘we have been treated so wonderfully and the kindness just can’t be measured.“It’s too bad the whole world couldn’t live like this. But the people, everybody has treated us like the Royal Family that’s all I can say.“We don’t want to even think about having to go back and do our own cooking.“Our kids surprised us with the trip and it is another trip of a lifetime!”