Stornoway, Scotland.

Stornoway is a very small little place right next to the water. It's adorable though and all the locals were ridiculously nice. We arrived a few days early. Then on our actual "day of arrival" we had our arrival day school schedule and then did a Captains Clean of the ship, which is basically a very, very thorough cleaning fo the whole entire ship. And the Captain then inspects it. Then we were announced shore leave until 11pm. For the first day we went into our groups of 4 or more and just explored around, we went to the Lewis Castle and then got internet to talk to our families. Oh wait, the first thing we did was go to a convenience store and got chocolate and just alot of junk food because we do not get to have that when were at sea, So everyone just buys so much to stow away and eat it later when were not allowed to go out and get food because were just chillin in the middle of the north sea. The next day we had our Port Programs which are organized by Class Afloat, we got to go see the ancient Lewis Chessman which was pretty cool. Then we went to Calanais, which is these ancient rock formations which are in the shape of a Celtic cross and apparently each stone lines up with  a  star and has something to do with the Solstices. It was really really awesome, then we went more into the Scottish countryside and went and saw a Broch and got to go inside it, it was so cool, I'm planning on uploading photos once I get them all organized. The next 2 days we just explored around Stornoway and went to thrift shops, food places, and the castle. Clio and I would go for runs everyday, and we are trying to run at every port since we do not get very much cardio on the ship haha. Stornoway was a nice quiet town :)

What I've Learned So Far:
If you make the AB's mad just get them a cup of coffee and it makes it better
Never get caught without shoes on in the ship.
Falling down the stairs when the ship is pitching hurts.
Surprisingly, cleaning the heads (bathrooms) is the best cleaning job on the ship

to be continued.... :)
-Megan