Semester At Sea is a one-of-a-kind exchange programme that brings you all around the world on a floating university. i know this sounds like an outrageous television marketing scam, but believe me because i just met the students who are on the Spring voyage around the world, today.
it's incredible. you learn on a ship. you dine on a ship. you sleep, eat, drink on a ship. you are stuck with the people on the ship for a long amount of time. the ship is 80% of your life (i think) for 4-5 months. the ship, depending on which voyage you signed up for, takes you around the world to different countries and cities, allowing students to come close to real-life artifacts and stories, as though magically transported to the places within their textbooks via a TARDIS (if you do not understand that reference, you should educate yourself on Doctor Who).
you have never heard of this programme and it still sounds like a scam?
guess what. they're celebrating their 50th anniversary this year.
given the opportunity to talk to people from the ship was pretty amazing. they tell us about their lives on the voyage--how laundry is incredibly expensive (that's 6 USD per wash and it's not even the normal laundry size you do) and how food is pretty much the same everyday. how even though there are more than 700 people on board the ship, it quickly becomes a very tight-knit community where you know everyone.
anyways, i'm leaving you with a video. i haven't actually watched this because it's kinda long, but it should give you a rough idea on how it is. it's about 20,000 USD per semester, so consider it if you're really interested heheh. it was a great experience being able to host and talk to some of the people on board (:
i apologize for the boring writing. :/
Semester at Sea - Your Once-In-A-Lifetime is Now from Semester at Sea on Vimeo.
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