How beautiful it is out here! Love and miss y'all<3
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
From the Middle of the Atlantic...
Greetings! I am sailing on the beautiful MV Explorer in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, sitting on Deck 6 in the sunshine and spray, looking out at nothing but water all around us. It’s strange to think of how far we have come already and how we still have a week before we get to Spain! The Ship itself is beautiful though; everything is new and clean and my room is quite bigger than I expected. My roommate is a very nice girl from MA (who didn’t know any of my family on the East Coast, believe me I went through you all). We had our first day of classes today and I’m really excited. For the one class that I had my professor seems very nice and he speaks Russian too so I’ll be able to practice while I’m here!
I thought I had escaped the motion sickness that seemed to catch everyone else… until last night when I got sick before I could find my Dramamine. O well, it seems to have passed by now. This is our second full day at sea but it seems like it has been so much longer. The rocking of the ship (which is much more violent than I thought it would be) makes walking during the day a bit difficult but is nice to rock you to sleep at night. Everyone is really nice on board and I can’t wait to get to know them all better.
We were able to stream the inauguration live yesterday and the whole ship was celebrating. We had a party last night too with fake champagne (not so good) and cake and desserts (very good).
Last night and the next couple nights in a row, we have to turn the clocks forward. Losing an hour of sleep for four nights consecutively is not very fun! On top of that I have never been so tired in my life. I just keep wanting to take naps the whole day. At least I’m not the only person falling asleep in Global Studies though;)
Well I’ll be sure to update later this week with how classes are going but nothing too exciting is going to be happening until we get to Spain next week where I’ll be turning 20!!!
K, I must go read some now… Goodnight everyone!
Much love always
I thought I had escaped the motion sickness that seemed to catch everyone else… until last night when I got sick before I could find my Dramamine. O well, it seems to have passed by now. This is our second full day at sea but it seems like it has been so much longer. The rocking of the ship (which is much more violent than I thought it would be) makes walking during the day a bit difficult but is nice to rock you to sleep at night. Everyone is really nice on board and I can’t wait to get to know them all better.
We were able to stream the inauguration live yesterday and the whole ship was celebrating. We had a party last night too with fake champagne (not so good) and cake and desserts (very good).
Last night and the next couple nights in a row, we have to turn the clocks forward. Losing an hour of sleep for four nights consecutively is not very fun! On top of that I have never been so tired in my life. I just keep wanting to take naps the whole day. At least I’m not the only person falling asleep in Global Studies though;)
Well I’ll be sure to update later this week with how classes are going but nothing too exciting is going to be happening until we get to Spain next week where I’ll be turning 20!!!
K, I must go read some now… Goodnight everyone!
Much love always
Friday, January 16, 2009
Almost there...
Hello again and good news from the Bahamas ~ I am the recipient of the Spring 2009 Scholar at Sea scholarship from the National Society of Collegiate Scholars! Woohoo! Haha, truly this is a great honor and I am so thankful. Check out my bio and pic on their website
http://www.nscs.org/scholar-sea-scholarship
This blog is now going to be connected to their website so if you're looking for a more personal account give me your email ;)
Miss you all terribly already but I am so excited to get underway with this journey ~ it has been along time coming!
Love, Alex
http://www.nscs.org/scholar-sea-scholarship
This blog is now going to be connected to their website so if you're looking for a more personal account give me your email ;)
Miss you all terribly already but I am so excited to get underway with this journey ~ it has been along time coming!
Love, Alex
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Greetings from the Bahamas!
Hello again!
Well we made it to the Bahamas and it's absolutely beautiful. The different blues of the water is amazing and although we have had clouds everyday, the weather is still a perfect 80*. We have a condo right on the water that looks out across the ocean - I will try to upload pictures later today. The food is indescribable; the freshest most tasteful seafood I have ever had (and I live in Seattle!).
We arrived on Tuesday which happened to be mom's birthday (she would kill me if I put which birthday though ;) and tomorrow is grandma's big 75th birthday! Momma was a big winner at the casino on her birthday and were all trying to be that lucky tonight too.
It feels so good to just be able to relax here after all the stress of getting ready and packing, I think we all needed it.
Well I better get back to doing nothing much of anything;) Actually I just found out that I'm one of two finalists selected for a national scholarship for Semester at Sea and I have a phone interview in about an hour. Wish me luck!
I hope you all received your letters and are doing well. Miss y'all!
Love Alex
Well we made it to the Bahamas and it's absolutely beautiful. The different blues of the water is amazing and although we have had clouds everyday, the weather is still a perfect 80*. We have a condo right on the water that looks out across the ocean - I will try to upload pictures later today. The food is indescribable; the freshest most tasteful seafood I have ever had (and I live in Seattle!).
We arrived on Tuesday which happened to be mom's birthday (she would kill me if I put which birthday though ;) and tomorrow is grandma's big 75th birthday! Momma was a big winner at the casino on her birthday and were all trying to be that lucky tonight too.
It feels so good to just be able to relax here after all the stress of getting ready and packing, I think we all needed it.
Well I better get back to doing nothing much of anything;) Actually I just found out that I'm one of two finalists selected for a national scholarship for Semester at Sea and I have a phone interview in about an hour. Wish me luck!
I hope you all received your letters and are doing well. Miss y'all!
Love Alex
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