Bahamas

Well this is my first official post for my SAS (Semester at Sea) trip this summer, 2011. Today was long and exhausting. I woke up at 4:30 a.m. in order to fly from  (Thanks Aunt Patti!!)  Pittsburgh to Houston then to the Bahamas. Also, there was a 15 minute layover, which isn't technically legally. Not to mention, even at 6:00 a.m. there was a half hour wait at security. Thankfully I was there early, because my one bag was a good 7 pounds over. So I moved my peanut butter into my carryon, the man helping me said it was fine. So of course I get to security, and the man all super serious discusses how he has to check my bag. I figured he was going to take one of the toiletries I had..no he tosses my peanut butter into the trash can :(   They don't have very much of it in Europe..oh well i suppose I'll survive :-/ .   I thankfully made my Houston flight and met a nice family that helped me get to my hotel and split a cab with me. From there I checked in and was instantly surrounded with college kids..it was a bit of a shock, I knew a lot of them would be staying there but not so many. Turns out even the kids who weren't staying there had come over to swim in our pool and hang out at our beaches. So I put my stuff in my room and spent some time meeting new people, swimming in the pool and the ocean. Of which was GORGEOUS today. I almost didn't want to leave, but then I remembered I get to spend the next week staring at the water <3   It's a bit odd, this is the same hotel I stayed at as a kid but they gutted it out and made all the interior different. After swimming a large group, a full bus of us, went to Senor Frogs for over priced mediocre drinks and decent food. I had a cajun fish sandwich which was okay. Some kids went absolutely nuts..and we were all quite concerned, then we figured out there was a large group of highschool seniors there. A few of them had to be taken to the hospital for alcohol poisoning...sheesh..oh well. My friends and I had a few drinks that were on specials and that we had buy one get one coupons for. Then we all got tired of the crowd, so after some dancing and cramming into a taxi we went for a night swim in the ocean. Which was fun, and the moon was amazing and there were probably 30 of us in there...then we rinsed in the pool and now I am typing on here...I have to reorganize my stuff and board the ship at 11 a.m. tomorrow. This means I get to sleep until 9:30..so hopefully I can find conch chowder for breakfast..not sure how well that work. But I promised my mom I would eat some..I watched a man cleaning them at Senor Frogs, but it was way over priced. Better luck tomorrow ?? I'm already glad I'm going on this trip :)   Lots of love to all! I will try and update again soon.