Hello Everyone!
I decided recently that having a blog will be very beneficial in the upcoming months as I study abroad on Semester at Sea. Only 63 more days (so excited!!)! This blog will allow me to update my friends and family on my adventures throughout but will also provide me with a means to document personal growth throughout the experience. Hopefully I will become a more global and mature individual upon conclusion of this adventure.
Some of you may be unfamiliar with Semester at Sea and how it works. Me and about 700 other students will be traveling aboard a large ship called the MV Explorer. It will be departing from Southampton, England on August 24th. In order to get the most out of the experience I plan to travel to London a few days early to meet other students and explore this exciting city. While in London I will be going on a tour called "The Making of Harry Potter" at Warner Brother's Studio. It will be really exciting to see the sets from all of the movies and learn about how the films were created. I will also hopefully spend some time sightseeing.
On August 24th the MV Explorer departs and heads towards St. Petersburg, Russia. While I am at sea I will be taking four classes in a block schedule fashion. On the "A" days I will be taking Anthropology of Food and Cross Cultural Psychology. On the "B"days I will be taking Introduction to Anthropology and Stress:Work, Technology and Life. My classes are scheduled so that I will have time to enjoy breakfast, lunch and dinner every day. I am really excited to take these classes because I believe each one of them will teach me things I could not learn in a regular classroom. It will allow me to learn more about the world and about the nations we will be visiting. I also have some interesting class assignments. For example, in my Intro to Anthropology class I will have to visit 3 McDonald's on three different continents and comment on the similarities and differences between those locations and the ones in the USA. Each class also requires a field lab. Here are the field labs I will be participating in:
Stress: Work, Technology, and Life- A visit to the World Health Organization in Belgium to learn about stress and how it affects health around the world
Introduction to Anthropology- Visiting an education center in South Africa
Cross Cultural Psychology- Samba dancing in Brazil- Rio
Anthropology of Food- Market visit in Ghana
While the ship is docked in port, we have the opportunity to explore on our own or participate in field programs planned and carried out by Semester at Sea. We do not have class while in port, which is awesome! :) So far, most of the field programs have been released but I am still waiting on programs from Brazil and Cuba. Recently our itinerary changed and we will be traveling to Salvador in Brazil instead of Manaus and now we will be stopping in Cuba for the first time since 2004. I am excited to go to Cuba because it is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Here is the itinerary for the voyage:
Embark: Southampton, London
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Hamburg, Germany
Antwerp, Belgium
Le Havre, France
Dublin, Ireland
Lisbon, Portugal
Cadiz, Spain
Casablanca, Morocco
Takadori, Ghana
Tema (Accra), Ghana
Cape Town, South Africa
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Salvador, Brazil
Havana, Cuba
Debark: Fort Lauderdale, FL
There are 7 decks on the MV Explorer. I will be living on Deck 3 in an outside cabin with a small portal window. I will have a roommate. You can see a virtual tour of the room I will be living in here:
http://www.semesteratsea.org/our-ship/deck-plans/
That webpage will also give you a good look at what my living situation will be for about four months :)
I will close this really lengthy blog entry by listing the field programs I plan to participate in. I will update it as changes are made and will obviously write an entry for each experience. If you have any more questions about this trip I would love to answer them :)
Russia:
1) Walking tour of St. Petersburg and the Hermitage Museum
2) Visit to Moscow to see the Kremlin, the Cathedral and the Moscow Ballet
Germany
Spending time with my German Exchange Partner from high school!!! :)
Belgium
1) Field Lab
2) Trip to Paris
France
1) Return from Paris
2) Cliffs of Etretat
Ireland
Spending time with my cousin!!
Portugal
1) Fado and Folklore
2) Cooking Class
3) Visit to Sintra & Pena National Park
Spain
1) Monument tour in Seville
2) Flamenco Dance Lessons
Morocco
1) Tour of Casablanca and the Hassan II Mosque
- See more at: http://www.semesteratsea.org/voyages/fall-2013/#sthash.g2pn1Paj.dpuf
2) Marrakech Medina & Majorelle Gardens
3) Casablanca Market and Interactive Cooking Class
4) Dinner and evening with a Moroccan family
Ghana
1) Field Lab
2) Nzulezu, Kakum, & Cape Coast
South Africa
1) Field Lab
2) Safari!!
Argentina
1) Dinner and Tango show
2) The Cafes of Buenos Aires
3) Mosaic workshop
4) Service project at the community center
That is all I am registered for at this point. I still have plenty of time while in each port to explore and go on adventures with other students. I am so excited and I know that it will be worth every single little penny! :) I will post another entry once I have updates! Also, please comment with questions if you so desire! Thanks for reading!
- See more at: http://www.semesteratsea.org/voyages/fall-2013/#sthash.g2pn1Paj.dpuf
I decided recently that having a blog will be very beneficial in the upcoming months as I study abroad on Semester at Sea. Only 63 more days (so excited!!)! This blog will allow me to update my friends and family on my adventures throughout but will also provide me with a means to document personal growth throughout the experience. Hopefully I will become a more global and mature individual upon conclusion of this adventure.
Some of you may be unfamiliar with Semester at Sea and how it works. Me and about 700 other students will be traveling aboard a large ship called the MV Explorer. It will be departing from Southampton, England on August 24th. In order to get the most out of the experience I plan to travel to London a few days early to meet other students and explore this exciting city. While in London I will be going on a tour called "The Making of Harry Potter" at Warner Brother's Studio. It will be really exciting to see the sets from all of the movies and learn about how the films were created. I will also hopefully spend some time sightseeing.
On August 24th the MV Explorer departs and heads towards St. Petersburg, Russia. While I am at sea I will be taking four classes in a block schedule fashion. On the "A" days I will be taking Anthropology of Food and Cross Cultural Psychology. On the "B"days I will be taking Introduction to Anthropology and Stress:Work, Technology and Life. My classes are scheduled so that I will have time to enjoy breakfast, lunch and dinner every day. I am really excited to take these classes because I believe each one of them will teach me things I could not learn in a regular classroom. It will allow me to learn more about the world and about the nations we will be visiting. I also have some interesting class assignments. For example, in my Intro to Anthropology class I will have to visit 3 McDonald's on three different continents and comment on the similarities and differences between those locations and the ones in the USA. Each class also requires a field lab. Here are the field labs I will be participating in:
Stress: Work, Technology, and Life- A visit to the World Health Organization in Belgium to learn about stress and how it affects health around the world
Introduction to Anthropology- Visiting an education center in South Africa
Cross Cultural Psychology- Samba dancing in Brazil- Rio
Anthropology of Food- Market visit in Ghana
While the ship is docked in port, we have the opportunity to explore on our own or participate in field programs planned and carried out by Semester at Sea. We do not have class while in port, which is awesome! :) So far, most of the field programs have been released but I am still waiting on programs from Brazil and Cuba. Recently our itinerary changed and we will be traveling to Salvador in Brazil instead of Manaus and now we will be stopping in Cuba for the first time since 2004. I am excited to go to Cuba because it is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Here is the itinerary for the voyage:
Embark: Southampton, London
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Hamburg, Germany
Antwerp, Belgium
Le Havre, France
Dublin, Ireland
Lisbon, Portugal
Cadiz, Spain
Casablanca, Morocco
Takadori, Ghana
Tema (Accra), Ghana
Cape Town, South Africa
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Salvador, Brazil
Havana, Cuba
Debark: Fort Lauderdale, FL
There are 7 decks on the MV Explorer. I will be living on Deck 3 in an outside cabin with a small portal window. I will have a roommate. You can see a virtual tour of the room I will be living in here:
http://www.semesteratsea.org/our-ship/deck-plans/
That webpage will also give you a good look at what my living situation will be for about four months :)
I will close this really lengthy blog entry by listing the field programs I plan to participate in. I will update it as changes are made and will obviously write an entry for each experience. If you have any more questions about this trip I would love to answer them :)
Russia:
1) Walking tour of St. Petersburg and the Hermitage Museum
2) Visit to Moscow to see the Kremlin, the Cathedral and the Moscow Ballet
Germany
Spending time with my German Exchange Partner from high school!!! :)
Belgium
1) Field Lab
2) Trip to Paris
France
1) Return from Paris
2) Cliffs of Etretat
Ireland
Spending time with my cousin!!
Portugal
1) Fado and Folklore
2) Cooking Class
3) Visit to Sintra & Pena National Park
Spain
1) Monument tour in Seville
2) Flamenco Dance Lessons
Morocco
1) Tour of Casablanca and the Hassan II Mosque
- Embark: Southampton (London), England
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Hamburg, Germany
- Antwerp, Belgium *
- Le Havre, France *
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lisbon, Portugal *
- Cadiz, Spain *
- Casablanca, Morocco
- Takoradi, Ghana *
- Tema (Accra), Ghana *
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil *
- Salvador, Brazil *
- Havana, Cuba
- Debark: Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States
3) Casablanca Market and Interactive Cooking Class
4) Dinner and evening with a Moroccan family
Ghana
1) Field Lab
2) Nzulezu, Kakum, & Cape Coast
South Africa
1) Field Lab
2) Safari!!
Argentina
1) Dinner and Tango show
2) The Cafes of Buenos Aires
3) Mosaic workshop
4) Service project at the community center
That is all I am registered for at this point. I still have plenty of time while in each port to explore and go on adventures with other students. I am so excited and I know that it will be worth every single little penny! :) I will post another entry once I have updates! Also, please comment with questions if you so desire! Thanks for reading!
- Embark: Southampton (London), England
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Hamburg, Germany
- Antwerp, Belgium *
- Le Havre, France *
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lisbon, Portugal *
- Cadiz, Spain *
- Casablanca, Morocco
- Takoradi, Ghana *
- Tema (Accra), Ghana *
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil *
- Salvador, Brazil *
- Havana, Cuba
- Debark: Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States
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