Today is our last day on the ship. ;( At first, I was more excited to get off the ship and just be home, but we watched this slide show last night of pictures from the voyage, and it almost brought me to tears. And I have been hanging out with my friends, and I think it just kind of hit me that now I wont be seeing them everyday. I won't have a roommate anymore. I won't feel nauseous from the rocking anymore. I won't have the not-so-good cafeteria food again afte...

I am back in the United States!! Today was our one and only day in Hawaii. I could have stayed here much, much longer, but I am very excited that we are almost home. Unfortunately, my day didn't start out too well. I had to go up to get my passport and wait in this line, and I felt really dizzy and I was shaking, and felt really weak. I just figured I was hungry, but breakfast ended early, so all I had was some orange juice. That made me feel a little better, unf...

Ok, well, I know that I said I probably wouldn't do a blog until Hawaii, but one of my friends on the ship here had an excess of internet minutes and was kind enough to let me use some. So this blog comes to you courtesy of K-Lee Bowman. I just wanted to let you in on what has been up since we left Japan. It has been a long stretch at sea. I have been working my butt off on papers, I actually still have two more to do tonight (they are short, thank goodness) and ...

Well, today was interesting because once we left Kyoto, I was just planning on going to the Osaka aquarium and heading back to the ship. but then i saw a brochure for Universal Studios, Japan at the tourist counter, and decided to go there. Just me and K-lee went but it was so much fun!! I included a bunch of pictures for you. They had the Spiderman ride, a killer rollar coaster, just a bunch of cool stuff. We ate at the Hard Rock Cafe and just had a blast. Then ...

Ok, so I spent this day in Kyoto. It was pretty fun. Me, K-Lee, Ellie, Ally and Hayley all stayed in a Riokan (I probly just butchered that spelling) and just hung around town. I ate lunch at a Fabulous Indian restaurant. (ah, how i miss the Indian food) and did some shopping. I took a bunch of pics, but i just included one of all of us in our room. It was pretty low key. The next day we woke up early and hit up Osaka, and I had a blast there. Check out the next ...