Last Day Crossing the Atlantic

In less than 15 hours I will have completed the journey across the Atlantic Ocean and made it to the first port, Cadiz, Spain… At this point all Im relieved to get off the ship and out of the repetition of ship life.  Even though its been only days I feel like I have been on the boat for months and have lost all track of time and the days of the week (We work on an A day B day system so it could be Saturday at home and I still have class cause its B Day on the boat)… Already though I’m sick of the food and its not that good Nichols people you are having Gourmet compared to me and I have played more card games than I can count and not even drinking games…

The one thing that I haven’t gotten sick of yet is lying out on the back of the boat and just relaxing, its peaceful and for once I can actually get some homework done and started reading a book for the hell of it, two  things that at Nichols were not  things I would have chosen to do at all.

This week my friends (referring to Tom, Marcus, Kayla, Amy, and Kenzie) and I went on a tour of the bridge of the boat which was pretty cool to see where the steering of the boat is done and all the logistics that go into it. Following that we went to chill on deck seven (the party deck) and saw some dolphins which swim right next to the ship as its moving, pretty cool to see. However the coolest thing to see on the ship is the sunsets which last an entire five minutes on the ocean. If you travel from the front to the back of the boat you will miss it. But its amazing how fast it happens and it is a pretty awesome thing to see.

So Spain, we dock tomorrow and my group of friends is heading to Seville which is rich in historical culture and a great nightlife… We are staying in a hostel which for me is no big deal but for someone like Kenzie who doesn’t use the bedding the ship provides us is more of a challenge, but should be interesting. It seems everyone on the ship has the same idea of heading to Seville so it will be good to get out and explore and party with our fellow “SASers”. While there we plan to catch an authentic Spanish Bullfight which for your fun fact of the day ends with the bull being killed, sounds gruesome but its all part of the culture so we will see how it goes. And we get to leave Spain with a bang, Kenzie’s birthday is gonna happen on our last night in Spain so we plan to take her out for a good time...

That’s it from out here on the Atlantic, Posts to come during or following Spain

Ed