Tarragona

Argo has been docked since we arrived in Tarragona, we finally get to stretch her sails tomorrow as we head out for a day of sailing to learn the ropes. Literally. We'll be able to see how every thing works and have our first experiences of sailing, including very likely sea-sickness. 

Friday was an un planned day so the crew got to explore Tarragona. Many went to see an old ruined amphitheater, while others decided to take it easy on the crystal clear beach. Saturday brought a very early wake up call with us departing an hour up the coast back to Barcelona. We got a chance to explore the local aquarium where one of our teachers gave us a little information about the marine biology.  The group and I was decided to go through this market that is held in what used to be a train station. There was food everywhere, seafood, most of it, and still alive on the ice. It was a truly new way of shopping for the Americans to see. After that we went to this enormous church that was called Sagrada Familia. The architecture was unbelievable and the builders have been working on it for hundreds of recent years to get it back to the way it used to be. We casually made our way back to the train station and then the ship after eating and chatting at some restaurants. The rest of the night was ours. 

Today, we got to see some true Spanish sport. We got to see the Xiquets de Tarragona which is an event where four teams have 100-200 people on a team in an effort to build a human tower. One unfortunate group dismounted incorrectly and around 30 people fell over 30 feet. Everyone was ok. 

We had our first introduction classes today which took up a chunk of our afternoon. We ended the day by piecing together some finished touches on Argo for our trip out to sea tomorrow.