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Welcome to my travel blog from the MV Explorer as I discover the sights, sounds and smells on a 110-day, 16-country voyage around the world.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Barcelona, here we come!

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Last time I was in Barcelona was in 1962 when three of my sorority sisters joined me on a three-month college graduation trip of most of Eur...
Sunday, May 19, 2013

Sending off the Archbishop

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Lifelong Learners bid farewell to Archbishop Desmund Tutu who left the Explorer in Cape Town, South Africa, where he was to visit the aili...
Thursday, April 25, 2013

Executive Dean Jelke's remarks at convocation

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We all loved our Executive Dean Tom Jelke, who made us laugh. He handled all sorts of challenges with grace and wit. One of his toughest ...
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

“The Wellfleet Whale”

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Professor John Miller and wife Emily of Maryland The following is a reading by English Literature Professor J.H. Miller at the conv...
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Convocation

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Forty-four students from 31 institutions in the U.S. and abroad completed their senior studies at Semester at Sea by the University of Virg...
Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Sending off the archbishop

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Student Bradon, a Texan who is part of my "extended family," sings a parody about life on board the Explorer before we par...
Saturday, April 20, 2013

Introducing the crew and staff

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MV Explorer has been traveling the world this semester under the direction of Captain Jeremy Kingston, Staff Captain Korniff Polikarpov, Ch...

Here's looking at you, kid

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Do you remember that line from the movie Casablanca?   Well, not only did we see the movie again and again (on the loop in our rooms) ...
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