Bien Comida MAÑANA!

We have had class for 7 days straight and today was the last day of classes for a while! In the morning we will be in Barcelona, Spain! After class, we were by the pool again, just the typical occurrence. :)

After basking in the sun for 4 hours, while eating Starbursts/drinking Mountain Dew, we went to dinner (everyday= breakfast, class, lunch, pool, dinner, hang out, sleep). Then, we had a pre-port orientation where a few people speak about when to get off, what to have with you, safety issues, health and food warnings (which get more serious towards Egypt and Morocco, not Spain) and everything you can think of in between.  This will happen the night before each port.

Shea and I have a city orientation trip planned for tomorrow from 13:00-17:00. This is through Semester at Sea (you can take trips through SAS, or you can do everything on your own; we are doing a mix of both).  After the tour, we will probably walk the famous Las Ramblas and just do some great shopping! On that note… Shea and I have Amy Bippus for intercultural communications… and on the first day, she announced she was gay. It was a little straight forward and awkward! She said, “If you guys would like, you can come have lunch or dinner with me and my ‘partner’, Debbie.” Yeah… it was weird. Sometimes in class, she preaches about her beliefs pretty intensely, but oh well, it’s a learning experience, right? We recently found out that of all the SAS trips planned in Barcelona (about 30) AMY will be joining us as we get a tour. Maybe we will get to meet her 'partner', Debbie. Interesting memory.

I CAN’T WAIT TO WAKE UP! Everyone is getting SO EXCITED to get there in the morning! I want to hang out with everyone tonight, but I think we are all just getting our stuff ready to go in the morning. I’m going to sleep so I can wake up in SPAIN! I can’t wait to eat tapas y paellas y mucho, mucho mas.

Mucho amore, adios!