Gibraltar

 

Last night 8 of us crammed into a room and watched the movie 21.  It was a good time, except that we were all half asleep do to our exciting trip to Spain!  Right now we are docked at Gibraltar (sp?) to take on some fuel.  We have spent all day waiting to get into the area because there was a storm and no boats were able to dock.  It was awesome, though, seeing all of the boats waiting.  At one point you could count about 20 boats!  Gibratal is very unexciting, just a large rock pretty much.  I did take a few pictures that I will post later, but seriously, it’s just a rock.  In a half hour there is a guest speaker doing a presentation called Morocco Over Time, Through Poetry . . . should be interesting.   Then dinner will be after that, and I’ll have to savor my last salad for 5 days (because you can’t eat that kind of food in Morocco without getting very sick).  I am greatly missing the pastries from Spain, and the ones that they serve on the ship for breakfast are just not adding up.  I am already sick of potatoes and peanut butter sandwiches, but I am enjoying eating the soup, salad, fresh fruit, cheese, and the fish of the day.  Also, the desert is pretty good.  I bought a some snack foods in Spain which should hold me over for a few weeks.  Kayla (my roommate) and I are struggling with our room smelling.  Since the bathroom is so closed up and our fan doesn’t work 100% right, the water ends up sitting and its just musty in there.  Also, since the Spanish smoke an insane amount, any clothes you were to the bar end up smelling like a smoldering cigarette.  No joke.  So our room smells a little bit.  I bought an air freshener today so hopefully that will help!   I hope to get on the internet sometime in Morocco!  PS.  I have never loved sleeping as much as I do on a rocking boat!

Chrissy Mathues