The Journey Begins

I’m here in Nassau, and everything’s going great! It all seems so surreal. I can’t believe I’m actually here! I flew out of Syracuse, NY at 6:20 this morning, had a 2 hour layover in Washington DC, and then after sitting on the runway for an hour, and being told there were engine problems but it was ok because they just finished fixing them, we took off for Nassau. It’s not exactly what you want to hear right before taking off, but we made it here.

I’ve already met all kinds of great people. I met three people at the airport and the four of us shared a taxi to the hotel. I’m staying at the Atlantis Hotel on Paradise Island. It’s gorgeous! This hotel is so big. I spent time exploring this afternoon with a few people I’ve met. There are aquariums all over the place with all kinds of fish, stingrays, and even sharks. The people here are from all over. The two girls I’m sharing my hotel room with are both from Texas. Tonight a whole bunch of people going on Semester at Sea met up in the lobby of the hotel and we all mingled. I met a bunch of people from all over, including Maryland, California, and Canada. And I’ve come across one other person from RPI, Peter Floess. From what I’ve seen tonight, it appears there are a lot more females thank males on the trip, which will definitely be a change from RPI. And people have all different majors that I’m not used to encountering at RPI. I think it’ll be a nice change. Anyway, I’m absolutely exhausted from traveling all day and am calling it a night. I board the ship bright and early tomorrow morning!