Día 1

So today was hotter than I’m used to. It didn’t seem as far to walk from the hotel to the ship last night when I went without my suitcase...that sidewalk had more holes than a cheese grater... So going into a situation where I don’t know many people seems to be a repeating pattern in my life (i.e. Germany, freshman year), so this “first day“ hardly seemed any different. Fortunately the cabins are spacious (enough). Today was lots of orientation... a bombardment of information. Some speakers delivered their information in a fun and entertaining way, where others didn’t so much. We also had a fire/evacuation drill, and my extremely relaxed roommate from California took his time and we were the VERY last people to show up to the muster station. The German in me was not too happy. However, it was funny when his friend (also from California) showed up after us... Other than that it seems to be working out fine with my roommate.

Everyone seems very excited and I haven’t heard of any cases of seasickness yet. But I met three people who speak German (one from Germany, a business professor and my professor for my Seminar: Engineering a New Tomorrow). And I thought I’d only be speaking Spanish! It’s always fun for me to speak a combination of the three: English, Spanish and German. Okay that’s all from here. Class starts tomorrow and I have some reading to do... Maybe I’ll be able to find my way around the ship tomorrow.

Bis später,
Matt