Category: English Blog Posts (161 results)
First Impressions of the Azores & the return to Europe
From outside the Azores seem like just some small Islands, but if you’ve visited them, you know it is a lot more. For us the first impressions were very interesting. Seeing the harbour of Horta with its huge amount of… read more
Thoughts about the Azores and our Journey
Today is Thursday, the 10th of March. Just a casual date for you guys, am I right? For us KUSis it’s not any date, it’s the day our journey to the Azores ends. In less than ten hours, the Azores… read more
Ships‘ handover
In the beginning, all of us thought this second ship handover would be the longest handover of the journey. There should be four to five days of working. But in the weather forecast they said in a few days there… read more
Weather on the North Atlantic
Every one of us had respect of the north Atlantic, the weather, the wind and the waves. We expected 15 metre waves and 30 days with 9 wind forces. So – in the end everything went smooth, 23 perfect days… read more
The Library
It is a cosy room with shelves filled with books, a subdued reading light and a bench laid out with soft pillows. It is a welcoming atmosphere. That’s why everybody likes the library on our ship and there are often… read more
Friendship
Friendship, a word we use daily and we all probably know the meaning but how do we define it? Puh, that`s a tough question. During this blog I`m going to try to find an answer, what friendship means and especially… read more
Being in a bubble
It’s Saturday, just a normal Saturday, with a normal watch, school day, big cleaning and “Besanschotan” until the news. News we maybe didn’t want to hear or couldn´t believe at first. Our captain informed us, that this week the Ukraine… read more
(Back) to the Azores
I can´t really believe that we´re on board of the „Thor Heyerdahl“ for more than four months now. To me those four months seem to be incredible short and, somehow, at the same time as if we would be here… read more
Changes
We are already on the 4th Part of our journey and already heading home. Since Day one many things and also ourselves changed: I remember our first day like it was yesterday. I was so happy that we started. Back… read more
Back at sea
The Caribbean time is coming to an end and we are making us ready to sail the longest distance of our Classroom under Sails journey! 0600 a.m.Everybody has to stand up and we have the last opportunity to swim in… read more