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Category: Semester at Sea (Page 2 of 2)

The Semester at Sea category includes posts about the Semester at Sea study abroad program and my voyage around the world. This may include posts about shipboard life, classes, or the countries I visited during my Semester at Sea voyage.

Senso-ji or Asakusa Buddhist Temple in Tokyo, Japan

Semester at Sea: Exploring Japan (Part 1)

Published December 14, 2018 / / 2 Comments

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Yokohama skyline while Poky Little Wanderer was exploring Japan
Views of Yokohama, Japan from the ship

The second port on my Semester at Sea voyage was Japan, which was also the first international port. Having only traveled out of North America for my family’s trip to Ireland, I was both really excited and really nervous to land on the shores of a new country and continent. We had five days exploring Japan, an island nation and cultural titan. Since I wrote so much about this country, I’ve broken it up into a couple parts.

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Black sand beach on Hawai'i

Semester at Sea: Aloha Hawai’i

Published November 14, 2018 / / 12 Comments

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Aloha Hawai'i! Hawai'i was the first land sighted in 9 days
Aloha, Hawai’i! This was the first land we’d seen in nine days!

Our first port of call after sailing out of Ensenada, Mexico was Hawai’i. It was back in the United States, but a new state for me (visiting all 50 is on my bucket list). We were scheduled to be docked at Hilo, Hawai’i for two days and Honolulu, Hawai’i for two days for a total of four days in the state.

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Semester at Sea logo on MV Explorer at sunset

Studying Abroad: A Semester at Sea

Published August 21, 2018 / / 10 Comments

Semester at Sea… What’s that?

As a Tourism Management major in college, my professors often talked about different destinations around the world and how they handled tourism. One fateful day in February 2009, my professor mentioned that a fellow student in our program was currently studying abroad with Semester at Sea (SAS). He gave the briefest description that this student was studying abroad on a ship going around the world. After class I returned to my room and immediately looked up the program to get more information. Continue reading

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