Olympics, Sea-Style

Yesterday the students took a break from studies to take part in the "Onboard Olympics". Decks and Cabins were broken down into competing "seas" and everything from pie-eating contests to synchronized swimming to tug-of-war events took place. I'm part of the purple colored staff and faculty "sea". We dubbed ourselves Vitamin C Sea because of all the geriatrics in our group taking meds/vitamins during this voyage. Our mascot was "Scurvy" the Purple People Eater - because that's what happens when you don't get enough Vitamin C. Anyhow, I don't think we won any of the events; surprise, surprise. Not even the ping-pong tournament or the potato-crafting contest. The talent show showcased SNL skits, comedy routines, scantily dressed Spears routines and poking fun at our well-loved Global Studies teacher, Kevin Murphy. Pretty Boy Rico, Jason the Genius and my shooting prowess assembled a 5 minute edited skit of our own. It had the audience rolling in the aisles but still... by 19:00 the Red, Yellow, Vitamin and Mediterranean were no match for the Aegean Sea, sweeping most of the days events. The reward - bragging rights, 20 seconds of extra footage in the doc and well, bragging rights. Not exactly the same as real Olympics but hey, when your half-way around the world, you improvise.