August 23, 2014 I’M. ON. THE. SHIP. I checked out of my hotel in London this morning and took the bus to Heathrow airport. There, I took the Heathrow Express to the main terminal (yes, the airport was so big that it had trains to transport people from place to place). Upon arrival I checked… Read More Bon Voyage!
First of all let me just go on and say it… LONDON IS AWESOME! Now that that’s out of the way, let me tell you some things I’ve learned in the last two days. 1. Heathrow Airport is about the size of my entire county. To be honest, lugging my bags around it was not… Read More Keep Calm and London On
Have I mentioned that I’ve never flown before? Like, ever. I am now writing this from 36,000 feet above the Atlantic. We’re about 400 miles from London. 400 miles may seem like a lot, but considering the distance we’ve traveled, it’s really not. So what has my first flying experience been like? Well, I had… Read More I’ll Fly Away
Tomorrow is the day. It’s incredible to think that in twenty-four hours I’ll be on my way to London to begin Semester at Sea. After all the shots. All the scholarship applications. All the cramming into a suitcase. It’s here. Tomorrow I’ll embark on a journey that most people can’t imagine… and I want to… Read More T’was the Night Before Traveling
People say letting go of the one you love is among the hardest things one does in life. Well, I think “packing for a semester-long, world exploration by sea” would also be placed highly on that list. Have you ever done one of those abstract thinking questions where, say… you are crashing near a deserted… Read More The Struggle
When I tell people that I will be participating in Semester at Sea for the next three and a half months, they usually ask what that consists of. After telling them, I have received a wide array of responses over the past few weeks. Here are some of my personal favorites. “You’re going WHERE?” “That… Read More Say What?
Okay, readers. This is it. The big news. For the next few months “What Are This?” will be a little different. IT’S GOING GLOBAL! For the fall semester this year I will be studying abroad… in a big way. This isn’t your average student trip that many college students today go on – where they… Read More Sail with Me
What Are This? 