Day 51...Studying the sea away!

Day 51/C16, August 4th:

Another busy, yet fun, day onboard the MV Explorer!  I got to study for and take the second Global Studies test tonight.  It went much better than the first test, so I hope I did really well.  We should find out our grades in a few days.  One thing I love about tests on the ship is that you have a great excuse to study out on the pool deck! It is one of those things that you don’t even realize is a luxury anymore because we have done so many new and exciting things in the last 51 days! 

I also had to read some articles on India for a test in International Economics today too.  It was super easy!  We just had to write one page on what developments in the world economy made India’s economic model begin to look less politically acceptable in the 1970s and 1980s.  Basically everything created this, so you just had to pick something and elaborate.  It was a piece of cake.  It just sucks having two tests on the same day, especially while you are sailing around the Mediterranean.  I wish we had some extra time to sit back, relax, and enjoy the fact that we are sailing in the big blue sea!  

I know this is short and sweet, but there wasn’t much going on today besides studying and taking a tests…sorry!

Noon Report for August 4th:

1220 NM since Alexandria with average speed of 13.82 knots, 348 NM since last noon with average speed of 13.92 knots, 568 NM left until we reach Gibraltar, closest land to the ship is 30 NM N of Cape Bougaroum (Algeria), sea depth is 9158 ft, sea water temperature is 75.2 degrees, air temperature is 75.2 degrees, sea swell is 6.6 ft, sunset tonight at 20:48, sunrise tomorrow at 07:04, currently +6 hours of  EST.