Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Cont'd

On my third and final day, I went back to the beach and back into San Juan. We found a church with sketchy lifesize wax figures of dead religious figures. On the way back, we found a really cool bar that had 42 years of graffiti on it, everywhere. There was also a really cool restuarant with water going down all of the walls. We came back to the ship and said goodbye to San Juan. Here I am now. Day after sitting in the sun before class. 7 days before carnival in Brazil and god knows what else. One thing I do know is this experience is unlike anything- ANYTHING- I have ever done or could imagine doing. Less than one percent of the worlds population circumnavigate the world. I couldn't imagine anything better than this.

2 comments:

Dawn said...

Hey V,
Glad you made it safe and sound albeit a bit frazzled from the passport fiasco. I look forward to living vicariously through you these upcoming months. Have fun and remember BE SAFE!!!
Love,
Aunt Dawn

Hannah said...

V!
I can't believe it! You sound like you're having SO much fun...maybe I should change my plans from London to SAS, hah. We'll see. I'm so excited for London, though. I bought two books on it and printed out my Visa app. and my working permit app. and have been investigating different internships over there. Oh and get this - it turns out that the girl who moved in across the hall from me has family in the UK. Her cousin works for BBC and her mom is from Ireland! So she might come over for the summer and work with me! I'm so excited! (totally geeked out, haha)
You really sound like you're in love with what you're doing, that's fantastic. I'm glad that you notice what an amazing thing you're a part of - I've met some people who aren't grateful and it's like..come on..seriously?
I really miss you, though. Your dad's wedding is next weekend and I made the mistake of thinking you were going to be there and of course you're not. Made me sad.
Keep writing because, as my mom said, we're living vicariously through you. Bloomington-Normal has never looked more bleak!
Love you, miss you,
Hannah xo