no such animal on this voyage. and that's the good news. more on that another time. trust me, it is good news.
this particular trip is hosted by the fine folks known as "Semester At Sea". twice a year, the ship is made available for "non-study" purposes such as this. the rest of the year, the ship is home to students studying abroad. what a wonderful experience for all concerned. this is the most amazing "classroom" i've been in/on.
the crew is diverse as are the passengers. there is quite a cross-section of humanity aboard -- and room for a little bit of everything. and i do mean EVERYTHING.
everything being: open meetings for "friends of dorothy and LGBT"; "friends of bill w."; academic talks on subjects mostly centered on the anthropological, linguistic, cultural, sociological, economic, geographic and geological, biological, religious and environmental connections to the places we are traveling to. as such, much time has been spent on the topic of early european exploration to this region.
activities that are available whilst we traverse the ocean blue: card games; a real, honest-to-goodness library; a computer lab that is "available" 24/7; swing dance lessons; arts and crafts; lectures on subjects as diverse as travel to antartica-frida kahlo-brazilian economics-language development; plate tectonics; candomble (african based religion practiced in brazil); bingo; texas hold-em's games ($20.00 buy in); sunning; a modest gym; why cousins shouldn't marry as told from a biological vantage point; a piano bar; a disco replete with karaoke; entertainer crew who double as IT personnel; and yes, even a talk on the "trial of the century"...OJ. this last one was so well-attended and the interest so high (standing room only), a second talk will be scheduled to accommodate the over-flow capacity crowd assembled to hear the retired LA prosecutor's tales of the trials of the rich and famous in la-la land.
tho i am writing this after the fact, we arrived in st. barthelemy on december 20th.
playground to and for, the rich. the very rich.
each day we are given a printed schedule of the activities and topics for the day. at the top of the page, a quote of some famous person is always given. i think it worth sharing...i hope you do too:
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness - Mark Twain
this particular trip is hosted by the fine folks known as "Semester At Sea". twice a year, the ship is made available for "non-study" purposes such as this. the rest of the year, the ship is home to students studying abroad. what a wonderful experience for all concerned. this is the most amazing "classroom" i've been in/on.
the crew is diverse as are the passengers. there is quite a cross-section of humanity aboard -- and room for a little bit of everything. and i do mean EVERYTHING.
everything being: open meetings for "friends of dorothy and LGBT"; "friends of bill w."; academic talks on subjects mostly centered on the anthropological, linguistic, cultural, sociological, economic, geographic and geological, biological, religious and environmental connections to the places we are traveling to. as such, much time has been spent on the topic of early european exploration to this region.
activities that are available whilst we traverse the ocean blue: card games; a real, honest-to-goodness library; a computer lab that is "available" 24/7; swing dance lessons; arts and crafts; lectures on subjects as diverse as travel to antartica-frida kahlo-brazilian economics-language development; plate tectonics; candomble (african based religion practiced in brazil); bingo; texas hold-em's games ($20.00 buy in); sunning; a modest gym; why cousins shouldn't marry as told from a biological vantage point; a piano bar; a disco replete with karaoke; entertainer crew who double as IT personnel; and yes, even a talk on the "trial of the century"...OJ. this last one was so well-attended and the interest so high (standing room only), a second talk will be scheduled to accommodate the over-flow capacity crowd assembled to hear the retired LA prosecutor's tales of the trials of the rich and famous in la-la land.
tho i am writing this after the fact, we arrived in st. barthelemy on december 20th.
playground to and for, the rich. the very rich.
each day we are given a printed schedule of the activities and topics for the day. at the top of the page, a quote of some famous person is always given. i think it worth sharing...i hope you do too:
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness - Mark Twain
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