Day 1

Well, traveling is over-finally. Our day started yesterday (fri) at 10:30 when we left champlain on a bus to boston. Flying out of boston we took British airways and forgot how much I hate flying over the ocean, didn't sleep at all but whatever, too excited anyway to sleep. After a short lay-over in Heathrow we took a plane to Malaga Spain, from there we ate food and took another 2 hour bus ride to Tarifa which is where we are now. Here we are staying in a hostel which could be a 3 star hotel is seems. Always love expecting to be living in a way i never do at first going on these types of trips haha. Anyway, a guide was supposed to take us to some Roman Ruins but the weather here is horribly rainy and cold so we skipped it and just had him give us a talk about it which was good because we got to film it for use in our documentary...(not saying much else about that because I am feeling very nervous with our lack of equipment and preparation-but I think we'll turn out alright.

Definitely excited to be traveling with a group though, first time since Ghana and I'm curious to see how it plays out. I really have no issue's with any of the kids of the trip which is awesome, but I do see how it could change possibly. Not many of the kids have been on an experience like this and I am really curious to see how it plays out for them. I hope that they realize and find the same things I have when doing things like this....For me this is more to expand my knowledge of the difference within third world countries-especially an Islamic nation. Although poverty exists in all third world countries because of the muslim faith and five pillars those on the bottom level of the economic scale are provided for much more so than in non-Islamic nations which is interesting and I'm looking forward to seeing how each differs.

Other than that, just really excited to be out of VT and Burlington and to be doing something I love with people I like being with...Going to rest now and then go out later for some food and drank....tomorrow morning we leave at 8 from the hostel to go take a ferry across the 10 miles of the straight of Gibraltar to Morocco.