Strait of Gibraltar

We are two days away from Spain and today the ship passed through the Strait of Gibraltar. We anchored for a few hours to refuel but in the meantime we were able to look out and see the passageway. On one side lay Europe and to our other side was Africa. It was a pretty cool view to look out and see two continents at the same time.

We’ve been hitting some rough waters lately. Apparently as we get closer to the Mediterranean the water becomes shallower and we feel the waves more. The ship’s rocking is constant. Last night at dinner silverware kept sliding off of the tables and a few times I walked into a wall when the ship suddenly tilted. It feels like you are on a roller coaster because your stomach keeps dropping. I’ve been fortunate, however, not to get sea sick but some others aren’t so lucky! Soon we will be back on land though. And we will be able to walk straight again and have normal meals without flying utensils!

This morning we had a midterm in Global Studies which for the most part was pretty easy. Tomorrow I have a paper due as well as a quiz. My paper is about a Mediterranean war fought between the Ottoman Empire and Spain. It is basically in response to the book Empires of the Sea that we had to read for my Modern History of North Africa and the Middle East class. Shouldn’t be too tough of a paper…I just need to finish the book first!

Something else exciting that happened today was that I found out I won the spa raffle of a free makeover! The prize includes: a hair consultation to get your hair cut and colored, a deep conditioning hair treatment, 25 minute massage, mini facial, eyebrow wax and manicure. My roommate said it was karma for going to every class and not skipping! (Dad- maybe it was just because I was feeling lucky! Haha) I had the massage and facial today. Now that I’m well-rested, time to knock out all this homework!