I am happy to say that I am finally getting my sea legs. I can walk around pretty normal now without looking completely drunk, but running is a different story. I had an interesting run yesterday on the treadmill in a hot oversized closet-like area in which I had to hold on to the treadmill with both hands the entire time to prevent me from falling off from to the rocking of the ship. Today the waves are pretty calm, but yesterday a wave caused everything to fly off the tables around my cabin for a surprise wakeup call at 6:30 am. A nap was definitely necessary after this incident, especially because we lose an hour almost every night on our way to Barcelona, so we only have 23-hour days.
My classes are going alright, but there is way too much reading which can be difficult considering I haven’t read an entire book in years. With only two hours of Internet time for the entire voyage, it’s pretty difficult to use spark notes or any other tools that allow me to not actually read. This also is a problem for putting pictures up on this blog because it takes up too many megabytes, but I’ll try to stop at an Internet café in Barcelona to put some up.
Overall, I’m having a great time. The people, the food, the cabins, the starry nights, and even the treadmills have all been interesting and fun. My roommate is cool, and I guess I don’t mind that 75% of the students are girls, and I’d imagine that my one lesbian professor doesn’t mind it too much either. I will write again when I finally see land in Barcelona!
Friday, June 18, 2010
Monday, June 14, 2010
Halifax
It's my last day in Halifax, and it's been great so far. The harbor is beautiful, and the fresh seafood is very tasty. I've been doing a lot of exploring by running along the water and even taking a couple hour sail around the harbor on an old sail boat. The sail was very relaxing even though it was quite cold, but we had a few cocktails to warm our insides. The MV Explorer ship I will be taking tomorrow just arrived in the harbor today, so I'm going to go take a walk to see it soon. After that I will head over to a rooftop bar/restaurant to meet up with a bunch of other Semester at Sea students to have a drink and some food.
Canada has treated me well, but I'm definitely ready to get on the ship and start this adventure tomorrow!
Friday, June 11, 2010
Destination | Arrive Depart | Day | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | Depart | Tuesday | June 15 | 1700 |
| Barcelona, Spain | Arrive Depart | Thursday Sunday | June 24 June 27 | 0800 2000 |
| Civitavecchia / Naples, Italy | Arrive Depart | Tuesday Monday | June 29 July 05 | 0800 2000 |
| Dubrovnik, Croatia | Arrive Depart | Thursday Sunday | July 08 July 11 | 0800 2000 |
| Piraeus (Athens), Greece | Arrive Depart | Wednesday Sunday | July 14 July 18 | 0800 2000 |
| Istanbul, Turkey | Arrive Depart | Tuesday Saturday | July 20 July 24 | 0800 2000 |
| Alexandria , Egypt | Arrive Depart | Tuesday Saturday | July 27 July 31 | 0800 2000 |
| Casablanca, Morocco | Arrive Depart | Saturday Tuesday | August 07 August 10 | 0800 2000 |
| Norfolk, VA USA | Arrive | Saturday | August 21 | 0800 |
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