The English asked Ben Franklin to find out why it tooks English ships three months to sail to USA and six months to return. He discovered, mapped and named the Gulf Stream. In Marine Biology today I learned this twisting ring of water circles the globe every 2000 years. It's thermohaline circulation pattern rises and falls when heat evaporates water thus concentrating salt or it is concentrated by freezing water. Salty water sinks. Google and see the pattern.
Class without responsibility. Ah, it's lovely. The students must take 4 or 5 subjects and we all take Global Studies daily. I am greedily auditing eight: Disease and Healing and Marine Biology with Tim Wood; Family, Communities, and Utopia in Anthropology; Global and Local Cultures; World Regional Geography; Asian Art; European Encounters 1400-1750; and Travelers and Frontiers.
Dean David has been meeting nightly to prepare us for Spain. Evidently no one goes hungry there.
7-10:30 desayuno or continental breakfast
11:30-1 almuerzo/aperitivo-go to a food bar for tapas
1-2:30 still hungry? More tapas
2-4 Lunch with family and friends
9-10 more tapas if needed
9:30-11pm Time for dinner
Tonight he'll talk about Spanish painters. Last night the LLL and faculty and staff had a wine/hor d'oeuve party at nine. Do the readings too? I am challenged just to lose an hour's sleep each night as we change zones. Genie
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Sunday, August 29, 2010
On the Seas Lurching1
Lurching with balance and the hand rail clutch are the new skills developed today as we sailed over the deepest water depth and longest wind reach of the Atlantic.
My overall impression is this is a very clean, friendly, well-organized ship. In the morning our room is cleaned and the beds made up and in the evening we return to the beds opened and the shades drawn and nightlights on. The second night we asked our steward for ice to have some Scotch. The next night, the filled ice bucket and two highball glasses on doilies were on our table.
First, a big thanks to family and friends who made leaving and also choosing field trips easier: Linda, Brian, Bobby, Sharon O and Greg with Japan; Clay and Neva with Angor Wat
My overall impression is this is a very clean, friendly, well-organized ship. In the morning our room is cleaned and the beds made up and in the evening we return to the beds opened and the shades drawn and nightlights on. The second night we asked our steward for ice to have some Scotch. The next night, the filled ice bucket and two highball glasses on doilies were on our table.
First, a big thanks to family and friends who made leaving and also choosing field trips easier: Linda, Brian, Bobby, Sharon O and Greg with Japan; Clay and Neva with Angor Wat
Monday, August 9, 2010
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