Today is the fourth day we have been out on the water. The first day we left Spain we actually just went out into the open water and dropped anchor there for 24 hours. This, we believe, is a way that the ship can save money and fuel. Fuel has gotten so expensive so instead of paying money to dock and have all the security at the port the ship just drops anchor for a day. Luckily Geno and I put on our seasick patches when we left because the night we anchored ...

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...

It happened, it happened, we are sailing away on the MV Explorer! What a day this has been. This morning we got up at 7am and went to the gym at 7:30 (that is reserved time for the faculty) then we got some breakfast and headed back to our cabin to get some work done. The internet woes are already hitting us. Everything is very slow but you just have to adjust your mentality and it is fine. I have actually really enjoyed not having my phone for the past 12 ...

What an exciting day it has been. This morning (which feels like last year) we continued with orientation from 8:30-11am then we all had to check out of the hotel and bring our luggage down to the conference room. Geno and I dropped off our luggage and headed to the mall for some additional supplies and then came back to the hotel, had our lunch and had a great Facetime conversation with my Dad for Father's Day!!! Love you Dad. Geno tried to Skype call his da...

We woke up earlier than we had been today to make sure we got some breakfast before the orientation began. Our laundry returned around 7:30am and it smells fresh and clean and ready to sail! After breakfast we spent most of the day in the Mayflower Suite (a conference room) going through our orientation. We covered a ton of material and had lunch and then covered another ton of material. Has to be done right? We have some incredible faculty sailing. I will ...