Day 52...CREW APPRECIATION DAY!!!

Day 52/C17, August 5th:

Well now that I conquered the Global Studies test, I get to write a 6-page paper on public spaces in two of the countries we visited and compare them to the United States. Exciting?  Not really!  I chose to write my paper on Spain and Egypt.  I discussed their public recreation areas (like the beaches) and their public transportation systems.  Since the paper was boring, I decided to make it more fun for me and included the MV Explorer as well.  The ship’s elevator acts as the only public transportation system; however, everyone walks onboard the ship.  The various decks on the aft of the ship are our public recreational areas.  It made the paper much more entertaining and exciting for me to write.  As you can probably tell, I am really beginning to get tired of writing!  After writing to the blog everyday for 52 days, I really remember why I wanted to be a math major!  I wish I had the extra pizzazz to make them more entertaining and funny.  Oh well…

At 21:15, everyone flocked to the Union to see the infamous CREW TALENT SHOW!  It was such a great event and you could tell how much the crew enjoyed performing for us.  Those guys do so much for all of us and some never get the chance to leave the ship (even in port).  They don’t have a lot of room down in the bottom of ship, so I know they enjoyed hanging out with us during the show.  It also was Crew Appreciation Day!  My roommates and I made our beds for our cabin steward, took care of our own plates in the dinning room, told all the guys cleaning the railings that we appreciate their hard work, and told everyone how much they mean to us!  The Crew on the ship is AMAZING!!!!! 

I also spent a few hours working on the PowerPoint presentation for the Live Auction!  We now have over 130 items that were donated!  It is freaking awesome!  There will be 32 live items and the rest are all in the silent auction.  We hope to raise $20,000 and it should be possible with this many items. I can’t believe it is coming up so soon. 

Noon Report for August 5th:

1563 NM since Alexandria with average speed of 13.92 knots, 343 NM since last noon with average speed of 14.29 knots, 244 NM left until we reach Gibraltar, closest land to the ship is 44 NM NW of Cape Ivi (Algeria), sea depth is 8764 ft, sea water temperature is 78.8 degrees, air temperature is 77.0 degrees, sea swell is slight, sunset tonight at 21:13, sunrise tomorrow at 07:32, currently +6  hours of EST.