Today was such a long day as I write this it feels like this morning was at least a week ago. We woke up at 6:30 to a call from the front desk saying our cab was downstairs- he was 45 min early. After quickly getting ready, packing our bags, and loading them on the trolley that we stole the night before and locked in our room over night, we proceeded downstairs. I bet the cab driver his Harley Davidson that he couldn’t fit all our 8 suitcases into his van cab, but he somehow managed. We had a quick and tasty b-fast, only to walk outside and find that Ed had been reading the newspaper for the last 20 min with his headlights on, and his cab car battery was now dead. YIKES! (SIDENOTE: we were scurrying to get to the pier so that Hannah Rose Kitz could get to a dentist in Halifax bc her dental emergency was escalating…) We were swiftly rescued by the hotel airport VAN that jumped our cab, and soon were on the way to the pier. Only to discover 200 ft out of the parking lot Hannah forgot her camera, so we went back for her to grab it. The 25 min drive into Halifax was REALLY REALLY pretty and scenic, picture lots of pines and lakes with cabins and cute little docks! Somehow during the ride Ed transformed into a self-proclaimed tour guide on all things Novia Scotia! He was chattttttting our ears off, and due to my lack of sleep it was hard for me to process, but I tried my hardest. The town of Halifax was quaint and pretty, the harbor is really pretty! Ed got us to the pier finally and unloaded our bags and we got into a long line that was the length of the whole pier warehouse. I was checking out everyone else’s bags in the line and mine were by far the largest, what can I say? I am a MAJ overpacker. The line moved pretty fast but my duffels don’t have a pullout handle so it was annoying and hurt my hands to pull them. We made it on to the ship, through security, got our ship ID cards and made our way to Room 3019, our home for the next 9 weeks!!!!!! Carol and I unpacked and were pleasantly surprised to realize our room wasn’t TOO small and we had ample room to store all of our stuff! The walls are also magnetic, so we hung pics on the them with magnets! The bathroom is cramped though…
Next we got off the ship and went to lunch at some seafood place on the waterfront, it was pretty good, I had fish and chips and everyone else got crabcakes and a lobster roll! I realized I really wished I had brought a pillow and the others agreed, so after lunch we went to the Halifax Shopping Center and bought pillows at Sears! We came back and Camille Robinson (Hannah/Alixe’s friend from NOLA) came down to our room, and some of her friends Clark, Frances, and Isabel also came over and we hung out for a while.
So far everyone seems really friendly and wants to make friends, it should be fun tomorrow meeting peeps when I have more energy!
4 PM was our mandatory lifeboat drill, if you have ever been on a cruise, skip the remainder of the paragraph… anywho we had to don these BRIGHT orange life jackets complete with light and whistle and listen to some Russian with a horrible accent yellow at us through a bullhorn explaining the procedure if the ship were to sink… Fortunately, Carol, Ashlea Feezel and I are in the very first lifeboat, so we will be the 1st to get off if something should bad happen! We had to line up in rows on the desk and wear closed toe shoes, a HOODIE (?), and long pants, it was a long 30 min.
The ship left Halifax at 5, so we went up on deck to watch us leave port, we met some boys from Newport Beach that go to SMU and they seemed nice, they were pretty cute too! We actually turned around in the port, and did a full 360 degree turn before leaving because we had to do some “annual compass reading” before we left! After that we checked out Adelaide and Lauren’s room, and then went to dinner. The food was pretty mediocre. I hope its better tomorrow!
We have this community meeting tonight, I have no idea where or what it entails but I hope it doesn’t last long. I just want to watch Twilight and go to bed. I’m exhausted, and we have a long day of orientation stuff tomorrow. I will leave you with this quote:
Goodbye land, hello ocean! Next stop: CADIZ, ESPANA!!!!!
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