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It’s Friday the 7th of December and we’ve been at sea for exactly two weeks now. Today was a day like any other on the Regina Maris, except for one little detail… It’s English speaking day! Well technically it has only started a few minutes ago, but anyhow. The Ship’s council, and of course the rest of the crew have decided that we’ll have a day like this every two weeks, and if it goes well once a week. As for the sailing, we had a few problems. The wind, basically dropped to zero and we were forced to turn on the engine (the first time since we left Tenerife). All the waves disappeared and the sea was transformed into a giant mirror. Which was incredibly stunning to look at. For me, this was a great opportunity, because I am part of a research group (for NIOZ) that needs to take water samples, in order to see the type and amount of plankton that lives here. After we were done with the researching and stuff, we discovered that the barrel (in which we would filter the sea water), made a great bathtub and Martijn couldn’t help himself from jumping into it. And of course he had to do it, it was bloody 35 °C. Those infected with head lice also got a refreshing shower on deck. I couldn’t join the party, as I am part of the small group of people that haven’t been infected (yet…). Greetings from the Regina Maris!