Well its been about a week since I've back home and I'm getting back into "normal" life again. Pulling into Leominster for the first time was certainly a wierd feeling. I have never been away from my hometown for 3.5 months before. While the feeling i got was strange, at the same time I had felt like I had never left.
The voyage was absolutely the most incredible thing i have done with my life. Being in a different country every week, meeting people, seeing the landscapes, and travelling within the countries gave me new eyes from which to view the world, and it certainly gave me a different perspective of America. I can't wait to be able to travel again, to see more parts of the world and to experience different cultures and different lands.
While the countries and the experiences in port were nothing short of unforgettable, so too was what we came to know as the "12th port", the MV Explorer and the community that formed on it over the course of 100 days. We all went through a lot together, whether it was having an amazing time travelling in countries, enjoying the preports and other ship activities, or dealing with the news of the V-Tech shootings, we all formed a bond over the voyage that will always be there, no matter where we live in the country, or the world. I made some amazing friends that I miss already and I truly just savored every moment of living on a ship, going around the world.....at twenty miles an hour (as Dean Mike would say).
I want to just thank the incredible people that made this voyage so enjoyable, my friends and everyone I traveled with, the administration, the crew of the Explorer (who are some of the nicest people I've known), and the faculty and staff of Semester at Sea. And of course none of it would have been possible without the support and help of my family at home. I hope that I will again be able to experience an around the world voyage, or even just a reunion voyage.
As for me, I've already started my summer internship in Framingham, MA and will be returning to Babson in the fall for my senior year.
I still plan to post pictures from the last few ports, no idea when they will be up though.
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Nice to hear that you're settling in AOK. Be well, thanks for the thanks, and stay in touch! "Dean Mike" mmaniate@allegheny.edu
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