I'm sorry I am combining these two days but life on the ship has finally has become a regular schedule so days are not as exciting as the first few. The food is really getting old and almost making me sick now to the point where I don't want to go to meals...and for me that's a big deal. Don't worry mom I promise I am still eating though, you know me. Classes are going well, there is just a lot of reading to be done in preparation for each class, about 50 pages a...

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...

Puerto Rico! We wokeup Puerto Rico this morning. We are not allowed off the ship; we just stopped to re-fuel. Anyways just wanted to check-in. Last night was rough and a lot of people got sick but I'm fine. Hope all is well. Love Ben

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...