Welcome to Europe!

Quick update...

I'm sitting in a cafe in Barcelona, Spain, and my favorite European country is exactly how I remember: people walking down narrow streets lined with 100+ year old buildings, older generations sitting outside talking & people watching, and the intoxicating mix of tortilla espanola, smoke (unfortunately), and paella filling the air. We have a little less than four days here, which makes it vital to enjoy each and every moment where I still speak the language. Of course, Italian (next on our agenda) is similar enough where I could hopefully survive, but it's not the hectic mix of Catalan & Spanish that is found only in Barcelona.

A little about the ship: it's roughly 600 feet in length, about 1000 passengers (crew & guests), and Semester at Sea has mastered the science of occupying students during the Trans-Atlantic Voyage. Seriously- I feel like I've known my friends on the boat for at least a month, and it's been maybe a week and a half.

Anyways, I thought I would provide a few pictures of both people on the boat and the one sight we've seen so far (the Rock of Gibraltar, as we entered the Mediterranean Sea). I'll try to post some pictures of Barcelona on our last day here, but if not, see you in Naples!