Saturday, January 15, 2011


Second day of classes on the ship. It was nothing less than amazing. I woke up and went to global studies, which is a geography based course we’re all required to take based on the countries and areas we will be traveling to. Random fact: If the Great Wall of China were to be placed in the United States it would stretch from New York City to mid Texas! We were put into groups of 6 to 7 to prepare for a research project we’ll be doing, which is about a 30 page power point. My group decided to study why and how there are so many inequalities in South Africa; for example: technology, health care, education, government, gender… I’m pretty excited about it!  Then I ventured around the ship for a while and had lunch with Rachel(Best friend so far from Rhode Island). My next class was from 12:12-1:30: Environmental Philosophy. It’s one of those classes that you sit in and your head just spins with questions… Philosophy is a crazy subject. I loved it though. After that I layed by the pool for about 2 or 3 hours.  Last class of the day was Abnormal Psychology, and of course I loved that one too! In every class we have a field component which means we have to integrate what we do in port with what we learn in class.  I’m going to try to do something with the elderly population in abnormal psych…. I just love old people:) That’s about all I got about classes right now… All good stuff

My mom wanted me to write about my room in my blog so here we go… You walk into a 2’ x 3’ walkway with a closet on your right and a bathroom on your left.  The shower is good sized and now that we have hot water in our room it’s even better! (I took three freezing cold showers) Then the room is about 16’ x 10’. A bed on each side, desk, small circle table, a table in the middle, some shelving behind out headboard area, and a circular sub marine-ish window. It’s not bad at all and my roommate ROCKS. We get along great!
So the two girls I’ve spent the most time with are Mel and Rachel.  I roomed with both of them in the Bahamas. They are so great. Both from Rhode Island.  Ray is exactly like me. It’s pretty crazy but I love her. I spend a lot of time in their room.

We arrive in Dominica tomorrow morning at 8am.  A bunch of us that didn’t sign up for any SAS sponsored trips are just going to meet up, have breakfast, and go free.  We want to find somewhere to hike; there are tons of waterfalls and beautiful sights. Come back to the ship and shower and meet some people that are just arriving due to the storms in the US (they didn’t make it to the Bahamas in time), then out on the town in Dominica! Then on Monday we’re probably going to find somewhere to snorkel. Gotta be back to the ship by 1800 on Monday. Ship time is a pretty big deal. For every fifteen minutes you are late you get an hour of “dock time” at the next port (You have to stay on the ship that long). But I don’t plan on being late☺
I wore my Packer jersey all day and it helped me meet tons of new people! My mother and Spencer have been updating me on Packer scores and now I have friends calling my room asking for the final score☺ GO PACK GO!

Alright, well I am going to go venture around the ship and go to bed. First port tomorrow! Thanks for listening (or reading).

Love you all!
Hannah<3

1 comment:

  1. Your classes sound so fun! I'm happy you are enjoying yourself. Stay safe!

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