Day 6

First things first: HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!

Good news! Tonight is the first night we do not have to push our clocks forward an hour. It has been difficult living on 23 hour days. At this point, I am soooo ready to get to Spain it is unreal. Last night everyone flocked to the railings of decks 5, 6, and 7, to see the first land in 5 days! There is a group of islands right over the mid-Atlantic ridge and we saw two of them! It is so weird to think that these people live, literally, in the middle of the ocean, with no major land mass around. I sat out on the deck for a long time studying, taking pictures, talking, and thinking. One highlight of the night was seeing a group of dolphins! It was so cool. They actually will wait out in the open ocean to let the ship get ahead, and then take off swimming towards us, and ride the waves that the ship creates. O, and they have this thing about calling the ship a boat... I just don't get it, boats float, this large "thing" floats, why can't I call it a boat?! Its kind of like my sorority is with A-Chi-O vs. Alpha Chi. Who cares?! Semester at Sea's main argument is about as lame as "people will think you are A "Chi-O."I mean, wouldn't you have to say I am AN "A-CHI-O". The article changes everything. But, back to their lame argument... they say "you can put a boat on a ship, but you can't put a ship on a boat." WTF?!

Tonight is the summer soloist, so anyone who reads this, watch the sun set tonight. I have a fabulous plan to be sitting on the deck, having a glass of wine, and watching the sun sink slowly over the horizon! Tomorrow I am meeting with the group I am going to Barcelona with! I am hoping it will go well since I am traveling in the next three countries with the same group. We are two days away from Spain and the schedule is crazy after that. We will be in Spain for 4 days, then we will have 3 full days of sailing until we reach Italy. From then on we only have one day of sailing in between each port until we leave Egypt for Morocco.

On another note, there is a “block party” tonight that I plan to attend. I had to wake up this morning at 6:45, so I may be too tired to go. I unfortunately haven’t been able to work on my tan, but then again, neither has anyone else. I am really hoping tomorrow will be sunny… we are getting close enough to the Mediterranean that I think it will start to get hot and sun filled! I think everyone is getting cabin fever.