Hello everyone! On Saturday morning at 6:45am, we took a 2 hour bus ride to the ferry that would take us to Port Cros. I slept the entire way luckily and woke up when we were about 5 minutes away from the ferry. The ferry ride was only 45 minutes and the views were just beautiful. When we got to the island, the crew took our backpacks and put them in the bed of a truck and took our bags up to the fort we were going to stay in. We, however, hiked up to the fort. We stayed in Fort de l'Eminence, which was occupied by the Germans, British, and French at different points in time in WWII. Once we got into the fort, we chose where we wanted to sleep. The fort was basically a hostel, 8 beds per area with one shower per area. There were bathrooms and sinks as well. A few sections over in the fort was the dining area and kitchen. We had our own crew which included two volunteers, a chef and his cooks, and the main director. After we got settled in and played some volleyball on the court outside, we ate lunch. It was beef lasagna with a salad. It was delicious and they made plenty. After lunch, we headed out on a 6 mile hike of half the island. It was a gorgeous hike, but very steep and difficult at times. When we got back, the crew had dinner ready for us which was a chicken thigh and green beans and of course, french bread. Again, it was delicious. Once dinner ended, a few of us hiked back down to the village for some ice cream because we were craving sweets. Its about a 40 minute round trip down to the village and back. Once we got back, everyone went on the roof of the fort and looked at the stars, drank wine, and smoked cigars. Around 10:30pm, most of us went to bed.
On Sunday, we woke up at 8:00am and had breakfast at 8:30. We had toast with butter and jam and corn flakes. Everything was great except for the fact that the milk was room temperature because in Europe, the milk is in cartons that don't have to be refrigerated if they haven't been opened. It was different, but I was hungry so I ate it anyways. I definitely prefer cold milk though. After breakfast we started our second day of hiking which was almost 8 miles. Instead of being 8 straight miles of hiking, we had three stops. Our first stop was snorkeling around "The Lost Arch." You could snorkel underneath it if you wanted, but I couldn't do it because of the pressure. Atleast I tried, right? The Med is very cold and salty, but you learn to get used to it. After our first snorkeling adventure, we hiked to a beach where our crew met us with bagged lunches. We had a tuna and egg sandwich with cucumber, onion, mayo and lettuce on ciabatta. It also came with a square of brie, a piece of a baguette, and a banana. We scarfed down all of it after we hiked and snorkeled for so long. After lunch, we started hiking once again to our third location where we snorkeled an underwater trail. The signs were underwater and you just followed the numbers until you were brought back to shore. I saw beautiful fish and underwater life. We headed back up to our fort after all of this and some people took naps and some just relaxed until dinner. Dinner was turkey breast and french fries. Yum! We played volleyball after dinner for a long time with the crew then went and looked at the stars. We saw several shooting stars!! 
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