The Life Of Katie

Hello All! So it is day 4 on Semester at Sea and we’re in San Juan, PUERTO RICO!! I have an hour or so before I head to my next thing so I thought I would write and let everyone know what’s been going one.

Well, to start with, I have been pretty seasick! I’ve pretty much laid in my bed majority of the time because that’s what’s been helping me. I’ve only thrown up once, so I guess that’s I good sign. But nevertheless, since I’ve been in my room I’ve missed out meeting people and going to some events. I think I’ve found a remedy that will help me, so we’ll see after we leave Costa Rica.

San Juan is BEAUTIFUL!! So tropical & nice. They have some amazing forts/barracks from the Spanish/American war and additions from World War 2. I had the opportunity to go on a walking tour of Old San Juan this morning and it was okay. The lady who was leading went way to fast and just talked about history like no other. I would have much rather gone slower and taken it all in. It still was cool to walk around and see everything. Then I joined a group of girls and we walked around more of San Juan and ended up eating at this cute little restaurant that had Sandwiches, Mexican food and more. It was delicious! (and cheep) $5 for my whole meal including food and a drink. Then we walked around more and went to the beach. Not as beautiful as Bahamas, but it still beats Oregon’s coast by far. The girls that I met were really nice and I hope I get to hang out with them more. Hopefully the seasickness thing will go away (keep your fingers crossed). Its discouraging but I know it’ll get better.

Tonight I’m doing a Welcome Reception. We are going to 1 out of 4 different universities here in Puerto Rico and we’re able to hang out with the students and chat with them and they might put on a little show for us. I think it’ll be amazing to talk to some of the students and see more of their culture.

The sun is out and it is beautiful. Many people burnt today from walking around. I did not, yay for that! Well I miss EVERY single one of you from back home!! Luckly, my cell phone works here, so if you would love to chat (I’ve already called a couple of you, but no answer) then you can call my cell before Wednesday night. Just remember that I am 4 hours ahead of people back home on the West Coast.

Anyways, I miss you all! And send me lots and lots of emails because I barely any from anyone. Even though I’m traveling around the world I would love to hear whats going on at home, even if its boring in your eyes.

Love Always,

Katie

So I’m now on the ship. The Bahamas was BEAUTIFUL!! The Atlantis Resort was GORGEOUS! I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything more beautiful and tropical. The water was extremely blue and the sand was pretty much white. Atlantis had so much stuff to do, from walking through the Marketplace (which had stores, starbucks, jamba juice, and other restaurants), to going down their multiple slides, to laying in the sun, and a TON of aquariums full of fish and sharks and other wildlife found in the sea. The weather wasn’t the greatest, except for Tuesday, which was gorgeous.

The ship is beautiful as well. On Thursday, after waiting in a 3 hour line, we were able to board the ship and move in. It was such a rush and the ship is amazing! It doesn’t feel like I’m going to school here. We left Bahamas on 5pm that day and should be in Puerto Rico in I think 3 days. The ship moves like no other. I’ve been kinda seasick. No throwing up, but definitely have to lay down a lot because of the headaches I’ve been getting.

I don’t really have that much to report now. I haven’t met a ton of people because I’ve been in my room a lot resting, trying to get used to this, and making sure I don’t throw up. My roommate in the Bahamas was way awesome and I wish I spent more time with her on the ship, but this thing is so big it’s impossible to find people. My roommate here on the ship is also pretty cool.

I miss EVERYONE at home!! But this adventure is already turning out to be amazing. I just can’t wait to start classes and stop in the ports. I’m not looking forward to when we get closer to South Africa because I guess the water is ridiculously rough and right now we’re in rough water.

I don’t have any pictures to show you because I don’t have any way of getting them to a computer right now. But hopefully I will get some soon. Well the boat is really rocking and I just got done with dinner so I think I’m going to lay down for a while.

Love you all!

Katie

So in less than 12 hours I leave for the Bahamas which starts my amazing trip around the world!! I am almost (key word in the sentence) packed and cannot stop thinking about it!!

Thanks to all of you who have already sent me messages or emails! I loved them and will continue to love them as my trip continues. I will miss each and every one of you and love you all!!

Hello All! Well I leave in 6 days for an amazing experience of traveling around the world through Semester at Sea! I cannot be more excited to go. Although I do have about a million and one things to do before I leave. I created this blog so people from home can check and see how things are going with me. Right now I don't have a computer available to me for the ship, so I will try to post pictures on here if I can. If not, then you'll just have to hear my ramblings about what amazing things are going on! My schedule is:
January 16th - 19th : Bahamas
January 23rd - 25th : Puerto Rico
February 1st - 5th: Brazil
February 14th - 20th : South Africa
February 27th - March 1st : Mauritius
March 9th - 13th : India
March 16th - 21st : Myanmar
March 26th - 31st : Vietnam
April 3rd - 8th : China
April 11th - 15th : Japan

I would love to hear back from you guys so leave me comments or emails!! Well back to all the stuff I have to do to get ready!!