This morning we passed over the Atlantic Ridge, which means we are no longer on the American plate, but are now on the European plate! What does that mean? To be honest, I have no idea. All I know is that this morning as we crossed the Atlantic Ridge, the ship had to slow down, and the entire ship vibrated...Everything fell off our shelves, and the entire ship shook for a good couple of minutes. Not only was it loud, but it was scary! I was almost about to put my life jacket on and go to my life boat station... Haha, just kidding. However, after a few minutes the shaking stopped, and the ship returned to its' normal rocking motion. It was after this, in my Global Studies class, that I found out all the commotion this morning was because we crossed the Atlantic Ridge, which means we will be in Barcelona in four days! I can not wait!While eating breakfast this morning on the deck of the ship, I saw land! I was so excited, because one, I haven't seen land in a week, and two, I thought that we might have arrived in Spain earlier than expected, but found out that it was just an island off the coast of Portugal. Even though my excitement of thinking we were close to Spain quickly went away, it was still reassuring to see land. I woke up today SO sunburned. I sat on the deck of the ship yesterday for a little while, and even though I was slathered in sunscreen and reapplied quite often, I am fried. I have a horrible sunglasses burn and it looks so funny. I guess the sun here in the middle of the Atlantic ocean is stronger than I thought it was. Anyways, I miss everyone at home and I miss my Mama's cooking and Dad's grilling (I'm so sick of eating the same exact thing for every meal), and I miss hanging out with all the people that I love and doing gymnastics in the yard, but I think I'm just ready to get to Barcelona.I've met some really great people and am planning some really exciting trips with them. I can't wait!! I can't believe that I'm already in my second class of the day, and it is hardly four a.m. in Colorado. To all of you back home, I hope you are sleeping well!