Today we made our unexpected stop in Puerto Rico! Because we had to sail Northeast after departing the Bahamas, I guess there was a miscalculation in fuel amounts and we had to stop for a quick fill up. We arrived in the morning, and I did not get up to watch us pull in because we had no idea when we were due in. When I got up for my 8:30 am treadmill appointment, that's right you need to make appointments because of the high demand, I saw we were here. We stayed...

Today was my first official day of classes. I had my global studies class "The rise of New Great Powers" at 9:20 am, followed by Intro to Drawing. Then I had an hour break fro lunch and continued on with biomedical ethics and historical architecture. All of the classes went well except they are all 1 ¼ hours which can get pretty boring. We passed Barbados this afternoon but because I was in class I was not able to see. Apparently kids also sa...

August 29th Today was our first day aboard the MV Explorer. All of the students had assignments alphabetically on when they were supposed to board the ship, I was at 11:00 am. We stood in line at the security check for almost an hour before making it through all of the check in stations in about an hour and a half, which is quicker than I expected. After boarding, we checked into our rooms and unpacked our bags and tried to get somewhat settled before going to ge...

Hey all! We departed the Bahamas this morning and all is well. We had a great time doing all the cool things at the Atlantis, and yes mom I did the big water slide because I know you would want to ask that. Apparently we are sailing Northwest to get away from the hurricane which I am sure you are all closely monitoring. It has been a long first day with all the orientation stuff but I'm so happy to finally be on our way! We can send and recieve emails without att...