Nate here.
It's official now. At 8:00 am this morning, the students began boarding. There was confusion, contemplation, chaos, and finally, complacent-ness. Sarah's duty during check-in was to greet the residents on her floor as they moved in. And I helped by grimacing at each and every student that dared look at me, thus establishing my roll as the hall troll early on.
Actually, check-in seemed to go very smoothly and was outright slow most of the time. At noon, check-in was complete, so Sarah and I left the ship for one final romp in the Bahamas. For lunch, we got an authentic Bahamian Subway sandwich. Mmmm...Americana in our stomachs!
Now the students are all settled in, and just after 5:00 pm we pulled out of the Port of Nassau with a ship full of excited kids, and leaving behind a port full of sad parents, and are now beginning our 8 day voyage across the Atlantic (and out of the Bermuda Triangle). The trip has officially begun. We have even had our first dinner with the students, and they all seem very nice.
I'm off to sit in on Sarah's first mandatory floor/sea meeting. As always, thanks for reading and check back for updates. I will leave you with a photo of the students on the ship's deck, watching the sunset over the Bahamas as we pulled out of port, as well as a photo of the port full of parents.
Peace.
It's official now. At 8:00 am this morning, the students began boarding. There was confusion, contemplation, chaos, and finally, complacent-ness. Sarah's duty during check-in was to greet the residents on her floor as they moved in. And I helped by grimacing at each and every student that dared look at me, thus establishing my roll as the hall troll early on.
Actually, check-in seemed to go very smoothly and was outright slow most of the time. At noon, check-in was complete, so Sarah and I left the ship for one final romp in the Bahamas. For lunch, we got an authentic Bahamian Subway sandwich. Mmmm...Americana in our stomachs!
Now the students are all settled in, and just after 5:00 pm we pulled out of the Port of Nassau with a ship full of excited kids, and leaving behind a port full of sad parents, and are now beginning our 8 day voyage across the Atlantic (and out of the Bermuda Triangle). The trip has officially begun. We have even had our first dinner with the students, and they all seem very nice.
I'm off to sit in on Sarah's first mandatory floor/sea meeting. As always, thanks for reading and check back for updates. I will leave you with a photo of the students on the ship's deck, watching the sunset over the Bahamas as we pulled out of port, as well as a photo of the port full of parents.
Peace.
latitude: 25° 45.9N; longitude: 076° 23.9W; speed: 21.6 knots; course: 81°
Hey, we are enjoying your updates very much. How exciting for everyone. I love that you met such interesting people to lunch with yesterday. I think that is what I treasure mostly about my time in the Middle East, is all the beautiful people I met. You will learn so much from these experiences. Glad that Nate is able to assist you with some of your duties. We love you..until then. Your Moms
ReplyDeleteLooking good! I love the stories - makes me feel like I'm there with you. Everything looks so incredibly familiar and it makes me miss ship-living! ;)
ReplyDeleteHave fun and enjoy these 8 days at sea - settle into your routines and take pleasure in that 360 degree ocean view!!
heather ;)
Sorry I haven't commented...didn't know how til now! Love you guys...hope the trip across " The Pond" went well. I already miss hearing your voices but the experience you will both have makes it all worth it. All I can say for news from the "States" is OBAMA, OBAMA and OBAMA yeaahh Baby!
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