Welcome to my blog! My name is Emily Nelson and this is my blog dedicated to the recording of my travels on Semester at Sea, Spring 2009.
I've got everything paid up, secure cabin, my classes picked, field trips planned etc. and I'm so ready to go! I first heard about Semester at Sea when I was in middle school. I saw a commercial for the program on T.V and was like "I have to go on that!!" I love traveling and always knew I wanted to study abroad but I wasn't sure if it was possible with my major and schedule and such. Graduation was coming up and if you're going to go abroad the best time to do it and cheapest perhaps is when you are a student cause your financial aid will go to it. (Not Clarke College and Semester at Sea though, boo!) Anyways, while trying to decide what I wanted to do, I found my self unable to just pick one place and in the back of my head was SAS the whole time. I decided if I'm gonna go study abroad I'm gonna do the one I really want to do because it's a once in a lifetime opportunity! I can always come back and visit one country or work or volunteer in another for a long time. But this was a ship! (I can play Titanic and sleep under the stars which I LOVE!) and it sails AROUND the world literally circumnavigating the globe! And I don't have to pick one country. It travels to like 12 different ones!! Talk about the adventure of a lifetime!! (Which is the SAS tag-line I believe).
OUR ITINERARY:
(Antigua, Guatemala City)
We we're originally traveling to Italy, Turkey and Egypt which I was soooo excited about ESPECIALLY Egypt!! That was the country I really really wanted to go to, but because of Pirate attacks the U.S. Department of Security and SAS decide to avoid the gulf of Aden and bypass it, leading us down and around the southern coast of Africa. I'm so disappointed about not seeing the pyramids. But Hopefully I'll get there someday. I'm excited for Africa! And to see the wild animals in their NATURAL environment, that should be amazing!
Later I'll post a more detailed one with dates and times on them. I haven't even gone on the trip, but I know for a fact that it's going to be the best time of my life and a life-changing experience. Semester at Sea is one of the best study abroad programs out there that I would recommend to everyone! You won't regret it, it's worth everything!
Hello world, here I come!! I CAN'T WAIT!!
Visit semesteratsea.org for more information on the ship, the program, my trip and how you can take part in your own adventure around the world on a Semester at Sea!!
Be back later, loves!
Em
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