Welcome to my fall 2012 voyage blog-- this will be a 107 day trip during which the ship, and me, will sail around the perimeter of the Atlantic Ocean. Ports will include:
Boston- Halifax (where the students will embark)- Galway - Dublin - Southampton - Antwerp - Lisbon - Cadiz - Tema - Capetown - Buenos Aires - Montevideo - Rio - Manaua (up the Amazon river) - Dominica - and finally arriving back to the US of A in Fort Lauderdale.
Today after the faculty and staff embarked on board the MV Explorer and were enjoying a bar-b-que lunch on the 7th deck-- we saw the USS Constitution appear off our stern and give a 21 gun salute (not in hour honor but to honor its victorious battle over the HMS Guerriere during the War of 1812 and earned the nickname "Old Ironsides"
So, we are off to an exciting start of seeing unexpected and interesting things. Please return often to check my blog as I intend to post things after each port.
Boston- Halifax (where the students will embark)- Galway - Dublin - Southampton - Antwerp - Lisbon - Cadiz - Tema - Capetown - Buenos Aires - Montevideo - Rio - Manaua (up the Amazon river) - Dominica - and finally arriving back to the US of A in Fort Lauderdale.
Today after the faculty and staff embarked on board the MV Explorer and were enjoying a bar-b-que lunch on the 7th deck-- we saw the USS Constitution appear off our stern and give a 21 gun salute (not in hour honor but to honor its victorious battle over the HMS Guerriere during the War of 1812 and earned the nickname "Old Ironsides"
So, we are off to an exciting start of seeing unexpected and interesting things. Please return often to check my blog as I intend to post things after each port.
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