LAND-HO! We saw land for the first time since we’ve been out of ports on this trip! There were 2 islands we passed this morning and then during one of my classes we passed BARBADOS! YES, ICFH, I was so close! Unfortunately, I couldn’t get a good look OR a picture because I was in class, but it was still quite exciting. In a few months we’ll be there! Anyways, I should back up a little bit. I woke up this morning at 6:15 to get in line for...

I slept like a ROCK last night. By midnight I was ready to collapse in my bed and sleep for a week straight, but unfortunately I had to wake up for class…Anyways, today was a “B” day for classes, which means I only had Global Studies. By the way – I have my first test next week on the day before we get in to port in Salvador, Brazil! Ah! After class I went to the computer lab to get my internet worked out and now everything works on my co...

The goal of today was to find an internet café! We did indeed complete our goal, but it was not really what we had expected. Two of my friends and I set out with our laptops to walk along the water towards an internet café we had seen in passing during the last few days. Let me just tell you that it was HOT. Even in the morning, it was still HOT HOT HOT! We made it to one internet café and found out that it was only open between 4-8pm. So, we...

We used Thursday to explore Old San Juan…Our first stop was at San Cristobol, one of the two famous forts in Old San Juan. After watching a brief film, we went outside to explore the grounds. It was so cool! We weren’t sure what to expect, but all of us were definitely glad we went to check it out. One of the first rooms we came upon was used as a dungeon for a priest who had sexually abused a young boy and then killed the boy. It was interesting bec...

Hola! So I planned on waking up for the sunrise today as we were pulling in to Puerto Rico…but I hit the snooze…Oops. We arrived in Puerto Rico around 8 or so this morning. Once we docked, Puerto Rico’s governor and secretary of state boarded the ship in order to welcome us to their homeland. Archbishop was also at this little shin-dig, so I got a few pictures of him sitting with the governor and secretary of state AND I took a little vide...