Everything in short: spain, morocco, and ship

Sorry for everyone who is actually reading this blog. I've been unable until now to finally write about my encounter while on Semester at Sea. This trip is absolutely amazing. Most of my classes are really really good. Global Studies though feels like one of the most pointless classes I have ever taken in my entire life. Oh well. So, I am on the MV Explorer with 514 other students, lifelong learners, and staff/faculty. We traveled for around 7 days across the Atlantic where we did orientation for the ship and classes. For right now, the classes seemt to be pretty chill and understanding that we are traveling the world. After the 7 days crossing the Atlantic. We landed in Cadiz, Spain. For the first day I traveled to Gibraltar, which is a British Colony that is at the southern edge of Spain. It has this gigantic rock that has random apes that steal your food and electronics that came for Morocco way back in the day. Overall, the Gibraltar trip was absolutely amazing. Then I went on an indy trip with a couple of friends I met on the boat to Seville, Spain for 2 days where I saw about 6 bulls die in a bloody bull fight, eat amazing food, and saw Christopher Columbus's tomb in the Catedral de Seville. The night life in Spain was absolutely out of this world. People pretty much don't got to sleep till 3am unless it is a Sunday. I probably ate about 4 lbs of cured ham on the trip as well. Good times. After heading back to Cadiz, I walk around the city by myself and it was probably one of the most relaxing things I could have ever done. Me encanta Spain. After leaving Spain, we ported in Casablanca, Morroco the day after. In Morroco, I did a Camel trek throught the Sahara desert, bartered in the Souks of Marrakech, then got lost in the souks while it poored rain and had to randomly ask a small child how to get out, and bought 2 rugs made my Berber people of the mountains where it takes one woman 2-6 months to make the rugs that I bought by hand. The night life was even crazier in Marrakech compared to Spain. Since it is Ramadan, people do their last prayer after fasting and then party in the town square where endless amounts of things can be seen. Currently, I'm not on the ship heading to Accra, Ghana. Still only have a class project and a habitat for humanity day program planned. Will hopefully write more often to anyone who is interested in this.  Hope all is well for everyone. -Carter