Yesterday morning Michael and I boarded the M/V Explorer to
set sail for Barcelona. We spent most of the day unpacking our bags into our
deck 4 cabin. We have a window which is really nice and we wake up to blue
water washing by. The ship pulled out around 530pm and we all watched from the
rail as we waved our last goodbyes to parents ashore. It hadn’t really sunk in
until that moment that we are actually going to spend 10 days at sea. After
dinner on the back deck we napped for a little while then went to our Sea
meeting. They divide the ship into different seas and we are in the Bering Sea.
There are a lot of nice kids in our sea so it has been easy to meet new
friends. The waves rocked us to sleep easily as we were pretty tired from all
it took to get ready for the trip. Some students aren’t having as much luck and
have been fairly seasick but in general people are doing ok. The food has been
alright thus far but nothing extraordinary. The pool deck snack bar seems
inviting because everything is so cheap there. A large burger is only $3! This
morning we got up early for breakfast and began our long day of orientation.
The meeting are fairly repetitive but not too bad. We are on a break now for
about 2 hours so I may go layout by the pool or grab some lunch with friends.
We’re still getting everything around the ship figured out IT wise, so my email
isn’t quite working properly yet. It’s really nice not to be dealing with
texting, tweeting, or facebooking while out at sea. It really makes us
appreciate and the enjoy the endless expanse of ocean we are crossing.
p.s. anne marie – I met Karen! She is hilarious and very
friendly. Everyone is jealous of the fact that I have a SAS sweatshirt already.
The ship is indeed cold!
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