On our long 15 day trip back to "the mother country" we made one stop in Hawaii which everyone spent on the beach, which was beautiful and lots of fun. We had the Ambassadors ball which is basically a prom where everyone wore their suits or dresses we bought in Japan. It was a lot of fun. i got the honor of delivering cake to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who is just an incredible person, he lights the ship up wherever he would go.


The trip is now over, we landed in San Diego.
There is no more ocean view dinners, 10 second access to 700 students, personal days because the pool sounded like a better idea then class, no more calling your teachers by the first name in class, then going to dinner with them in foreign countries, and then having them become your friends.
There is no more constant time changes, 5a.m. bedtime, then 8:30 breakfast, rough seas, calm seas, sunsets, friends, the crew, no more looking forward to the next foreign country while looking back on the last one.
It's all over now, a memory, but a memory that will not fade away, a trip of a lifetime, with friends for a lifetime, 1 boat, 100 days, 702 students, 1,000,000 memories. Thank you everyone that was either on the boat or following my trip, it was truly an experience and I encourage anyone to do this.
Im going to miss the boat, miss my friends but someday we will be back together again, once again thank you MOM and DAD, I love you two, thanks for everything along the way.

-Semester at Sea Spring 2007- Patrick Jones