Hey everyone!
Everything has been great onboard the Explorer!
Right now we are docked in Puerto Rico. It is so gorgeous but, sadly, we are not allowed to explore off of the ship but I am up on the deck looking out at the country. I have no idea what city we are in, they weren’t very detailed on how long we would be here or where we were exactly. We are here on a bunker stop to fuel up.
Today is the first day of classes. I had my class on local religious and food systems at 0800 or 8 a.m. So early!
Last night we were in some pretty rough waters. I had to be at a meeting at the bow on deck 6, which is the area of the ship that seems to the area with the most rocking. I’m not one to get sea sick, but that was pretty rough. I could not wait to get out of there!
I have an inside cabin (without a window), towards the middle of the ship. It is really strange to be in this closed room that is rockin’ and rollin’. My one comfort is to watch my sarong, which is hanging on my wall, sway from side to side. Watching it at least reassures me that I’m not the only thing going in circles.
We arrive in Brazil next Sunday (not sure of the date), so that will be the next update you get from me.
We do not have free internet here. But I do get free emailing at my new address, smgatten@semesteratsea.net
Talk to you later!
-Steph
Everything has been great onboard the Explorer!
Right now we are docked in Puerto Rico. It is so gorgeous but, sadly, we are not allowed to explore off of the ship but I am up on the deck looking out at the country. I have no idea what city we are in, they weren’t very detailed on how long we would be here or where we were exactly. We are here on a bunker stop to fuel up.
Today is the first day of classes. I had my class on local religious and food systems at 0800 or 8 a.m. So early!
Last night we were in some pretty rough waters. I had to be at a meeting at the bow on deck 6, which is the area of the ship that seems to the area with the most rocking. I’m not one to get sea sick, but that was pretty rough. I could not wait to get out of there!
I have an inside cabin (without a window), towards the middle of the ship. It is really strange to be in this closed room that is rockin’ and rollin’. My one comfort is to watch my sarong, which is hanging on my wall, sway from side to side. Watching it at least reassures me that I’m not the only thing going in circles.
We arrive in Brazil next Sunday (not sure of the date), so that will be the next update you get from me.
We do not have free internet here. But I do get free emailing at my new address, smgatten@semesteratsea.net
Talk to you later!
-Steph
