Picture: Me boarding the Amtrak to San Francisco
Hi everyone! I am writing to you from on board the Arcadia! We are at sea right now, heading towards Hawaii. Our first stop will be Honolulu. But we have three more sea days before we get there.
This ship is in a British line of ships that does a lot of stops in Australia, so the mix of passengers is mostly British and Aussie. That means all day every day I get to hear those wonderful accents. I’m already starting to think in a British accent; by the time I disembark I’m sure I will be speaking it, at least a little!
It’s only our first day at sea but already I feel like I’ve been here a lifetime. When we’re at sea there’s not much clock watching. For me, schedule girl, this is taking some getting used to. I only turn wifi on ten minutes in the morning and ten at night, so most of the day I’m unplugged. The first day I still found myself picking up my phone and looking at it very often. Then I realized, there’s nothing to look at! It’s wonderful, I can feel my body start to relax as it realizes there’s nothing to rush for!
Sitting here, looking out at the sea, I am awestruck at this massive body of water that we are on. I never really think about the sea but it is so incredibly powerful and vast. I imagine all the animals swimming underneath us; the whales, dolphins, jellyfish, sharks, and it blows my mind to imagine all that life and energy right underneath this huge ship which by the way also blows my mind. What an incredible feat of engineering to coordinate energy, water, food, pipes, navigation, and all the cruise programs together. I can’t even begin to imagine the logistics involved. And yet from my perspective it is executed beautifully. I know that is the result of very hard work from all the crew members I see running around all the time.
This is the first leg of a long and exciting journey for me. Next time I should have an update on Hawaii. I’ve never been there, so I am very excited to see it! Have a beautiful week!
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