Week One

It’s been a week since I left the Bahamas, but it feels more like a month. Time goes by fast here; days go by in a blink of an eye with classes, readings, meetings, friends, etc. However with the lack of sleep it feels like I’ve been on the ship forever…and can’t wait to get off and explore the Mediterranean! I have learned a lot on the ship though. For one, Semester at Sea does an amazing job recruiting professors. All three of mine are awesome and the others I’ve met are really cool too. Second, the Atlantic is amazing…that’s all I can say, it’s simply vastness of it is incredible and the colors, they’re just something else. Third, some people outside the northeast have very…very interesting opinions, I won’t say more. Fourth, ship food is surprisingly good. And fifth, sleeping is hit or miss. The waves will either rock you to sleep, or the crashing of them against the hull of the ship will wake you and keep you up the rest of the night.

Anyways tomorrow will be the last full day on the MV Explorer before we port in Barcelona. Below is a list of things I plan to do…

1) Montserrat Monetary

2) See as many Gaudi structures as possible

3) Bike tour of Barcelona

4) Watch some Futbol in a Spanish bar

5) Monjuic Park run and day trip (probably on my own, see the stadiums from the 1992 Summer Olympics)

6) Dow Jones Bar and Cupitos

7) Flamenco w/ dinner (maybe happening, idk. Not through S@S)

8) Mercat de la Boqueria