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We’ve officially passed the halfway mark and are now closer to the New World than the Old. Everyone is gearing up for the holidays: we took a group photo that…

Yesterday we celebrated our 100th day of Class Afloat! It’s hard to believe that we all became a group only so many (only so few?) days ago. To mark the…

Happy Birthday, Emma! We hope you enjoyed your extra-fancy banana pancakes yesterday morning. A number of us are hoping to take our Ordinary Seaman (OS) exam at the end of…

We returned to quiet days on the Alex yesterday. Some highlights of the day were Jurgen the bosun’s birthday (happy 72nd!) and the shortbread with fruit sauce that Abby the…

     Everyone who came to breakfast yesterday morning stopped in their tracks as soon as they walked into the mess. They would stand frozen in the entryway for a few…

Yesterday was an unusual day for us, and probably for you at home, too. If you’re following the ship tracker online, you might have been surprised to see that we…

Another sunny day anchored off the coast of Cabo Verde. Yesterday was definitely better than the day before. We had amazing chocolate-chip pancakes for breakfast and a yummy stir-fry for…

Well, today should have been our last day in Cabo Verde but life had other plans. We ended up having a whole extra day here. In the morning, all the…

Today’s itinerary was a lot like the one from two days ago. A number of us went on a hike that took us through the city and countryside of the…

Yesterday we had the best one-day port program of the trip so far. After a chill morning, we had a hectic afternoon since the provisions arrived just before our tender…