Spain Tomorrow!

Tomorrow is our arrival in Cadiz! We've conquered the Atlantic and I'm very ready for our first port visit.
I'll be spending the first day exploring Cadiz, and on Thursday a group of us will be flying to Barcelona to spend two nights there in a hostel. We have lots of fantastic things planned and it should be great.
There's only one day in between Spain and our next port of Casablanca, Morocco. I will try to post in between countries, but it might be brief as our time in Spain will probably be exhausting (I have a feeling that we'll all be using that day to catch up on sleep). We'll begin our next long stretch of sailing on Feb. 5th, and I'll post the details of my experiences in Spain and Morocco then.
It's too bad the map coordinates wouldn't work (thanks for trying though). Thanks X 1000 to everyone who has been sending emails and comments. I really appreciate them. You're all in my thoughts and heart.
Love to everyone, and Gracias!

Sights

I saw a whale yesterday. Andrew and I went up to deck 7 (the highest) to read and get some sun. Our marine biology professor was there, scanning the horizon with binoculars. After a few minutes, he turned to us and said "There's a whale!". It was pretty far away, but we could see it spouting and catch glimpses of its fins. It hung around for about five minutes, and then headed out, probably annoyed at the ship's noise. He guessed that it was a species I hadn't heard of...I'll have to ask him again.

The only other sea life I've seen so far is a flying fish, which was just as awesome as it sounds. It blasted out of the water, glided for several seconds a few inches above the surface, and then dove back down. Apparently they do that to escape predators, and to look badass.

Those two animals, along with a distant freighter and a fishing buoy, are the only things I've seen out here besides water. It's so empty, which is amazing because the visibility at our ships height is eight miles in each direction. It gave me a real sense of scale (the fact that there are are lot of ships in this ocean, but it's so huge that we hardly ever see them).

At 1200 every day, they distribute the Bridge Noon Report. Here's today's:

Bridge Noon Report
At noon today the Explorer’s position was…
Latitude: 33° 06 mins. N
Longitude: 027° 34 mins W
Distance made good: 2561 nautical miles
Distance to go to next port: 1162 nautical miles
Average speed: 15.68 kts
Air temp: 19° C (66° F)
Wind: NE/ 9 kts
Sunset today: 1816
Sunrise tomorrow: 0935

If you type "33° 06 mins. N , 027° 34 mins W" into maps.google.com , it should show you exactly where I am on the map. Let me know if that works, as there's no way to test it here.

Three more days 'till Cadiz, and four more until Barcelona!