Today we decided to explore Belém which is a little town west of Lisbon. We took the metro part of the way and then transferred to the train for the rest of the journey. As we got off the train we found a restroom in a ferry station nearby where I proceeded to be scolded in Portuguese by the cleaning woman for shaking water from my hands onto the floor. There were no paper towels…just had to laugh! We saw the Monument to the Discoverers which was erected i...

We had the most wonderful day exploring Lisbon. This morning the weather looked a little grim while we were sitting on the back deck having breakfast. As a matter of fact we saw a beautiful rainbow out over the water. After we went back to the cabin and got showered up and ready to go the sky had totally cleared! We were a little nervous about how the day was going to go since we don't speak any Portuguese but we had the pages of the travel book that we had p...

We are less than 24 hours from getting off the ship. It looks like tomorrow we will be able to disembark by 10am at the latest. It isn't as bad as we thought it would be just sitting here instead of being out there. The views of Lisbon from the ship are incredible and it is nice to look out the window while we are in the gym and see Lisbon instead of ocean (although the ocean isn't a bad view either). Last night I did the sunset yoga class and it was so wonde...

I know this post will make you jealous. I am sitting on the port side of the ship watch us approach Lisbon, Portugal! It is so surreal. I can't even describe it. Lots of students are sitting outside watching us arrive and enjoying the beautiful sunny weather and the amazing view. Today we will dock in Lisbon, but we will not be able to disembark the ship until Saturday morning. We are doing that to save fuel and to meet our textbooks which should be arrivin...

Today is our second day at sea and the first day of classes. The sea had been good to us but this morning around 5:00 we started to feel the rolling a little more. It isn't so much the front to back movement but there is more side to side. It is fun to watch everyone try to walk around we all look like spaghetti noodles trying to find a wall to hold on to. Yesterday the students had a full long day of orientation. It is really important that they understa...