June 23- Lazy Monday

I didn't do much of anything today, and it was wonderful! For the past couple of days, I've been going, going, and going from 7:00 am 'til after midnight. This morning, I decided to let myself sleep in and relax. Around 11:00 am, I headed into town on my own with my laptop to try to find some free wi-fi. I found it! I stopped at the nearby train station and settled down in a cafe for a couple of hours. I updated allll of my blog posts and uploaded allll of my pictures. I know I'm going to sound like a conceited American by saying this, but it was so nice to check facebook! It was great to see why my friends and family have been up to for the past week and a half. I'm not gonna lie, I really like the whole "no communication" thing on the ship because it really forces me to focus on school and socializing with other students, but it also kind of sucks because I can't talk to any of you lovely people!

Anyways, that was all fine and dandy. I had a fantastic lunch consisting of a tuna sandwich, vegetable soup and orange juice. I then called my mom and got to talk to her for a while which was really nice. Then I enjoyed a lovely pasteis de nata and an espresso.

Perfection

 After I got my technology fix in, I went back to the ship and did a load of laundry in the sink (which went splendidly by the way). Then I met up with  my friend Arshia, and we went to dinner on the ship together. I wish it could have been Portuguese food, but I figured I'd save some money by eating on the ship instead of going out. I told Arshia about the cafe I had gone to, and she wanted to get some free wi-fi too. So after dinner, I took her back to the same spot I was before so we could use the internet some more.

Love this girl!

That's about it for today. Oh wait! Something else cool happened. I met the other girl from Montana! Her name is Claire, and she's from Townsend. She went to school in Wyoming for two years, but she's transferring to Rocky Mountain in Billings this fall. How cool is that? We bonded over how ridiculous out-of-state people can be. Like seriously, you don't know what four-wheel drive is? Your school gets cancelled because of 1/2 inch of snow? You think a town of 40,000 people is "small"? No way sister. Come to Montana and we'll show you the true meaning of four-wheel drive, snow and small towns.