'You have to learn to adapt, because you don’t really have any choice,” said one student after five weeks on a 4,350-mile journey
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But when coronavirus restrictions threatened their air travel plans, they decided to set sail on the Wylde Swan for the 4,350-mile journey, which took five weeks, according to the AP. . “My first thought was: how am I going to do this with the clothes I have, and is there enough food on board?”The group stopped in Saint Lucia to stock up on supplies and clothes before they took off, as the students had packed for the warm weather of the Caribbean, and not a “deep-sea voyage,” according to the outlet.
As the Wylde Swan made its way home, students held high a “Bucket List” banner they’d made that had checked-off boxes for Atlantic Ocean crossing, mid-ocean swim and surviving the Bermuda triangle, according to the AP.Families greeted them with hugs and hellos, as well as flares and a smoke grenade the sent off orange powder, a popular color among the Dutch for things like sporting events and its annual King’s Day holiday.
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