Tuesday January 27th

Having removed the cucumber slices from my eyes having had "a bad night's sleep" (I didn't want to put our fellow passengers off their breakfast at the sight of the large bags under my eyes) we both had a good day. Gus gave 2 lectures - I did my daily yoga workout. Met another Canadian faculty member for lunch and have just finished reading a good book ahead of going off to the Faculty Lounge for a pre-dinner drink.

Well we have sailed over 3000 nautical miles with just over 300 to go until we get to Spain tomorrow. We go to the Global Studies Course every morning and certainly know more about Spain having had so many lectures/slide shows on the country now - great to get recommendations on where to eat plus we have a list of useful Spanish words. We arrive in Cadiz tomorrow having re-fuelled in Gibraltar (hope it's a clear day so that we can see the Rock and on the Moroccan side, Jebel Musa which are the original Pillars of Hercules).
A representative from the US Consulate in Madrid is coming on board to give us a talk once we have docked in Cadiz. After that we're doing a tour/orientation of the old city of Cadiz followed by a 2-day trip to Sevilla and Cordoba. So this will be the last blog for a few days.