The photos above depict the cyle of laundry on the ship. The goal is to stuff as much dirty laundry into each small bag as possible. Then you have to make a list of everything that is in the bag. (Not to complain, but I will be excited to not count every last dirty sock and sweaty t-shirt when we return home.) Then you place the bags outside your door. Magically, a day or two later bright and early in the morning, tidily folded clean laundry appears in bags outside your door. I will miss that part of the process!
We threw an ice cream party for all the students who had helped us with the kids. Lydia, the absolutely amazing Math Tutor, has helped Charis and Barek so much! We have all appreciated her immensely!
The art professor on the ship is teaching a collage class and has twice set up a public art session for her class and the dependent kids. Tymitz Square, where they meet, gets very lively for these sessions.
We threw an ice cream party for all the students who had helped us with the kids. Lydia, the absolutely amazing Math Tutor, has helped Charis and Barek so much! We have all appreciated her immensely!
Little Sabena, our youngest voyager, decided she wanted to have a Princess Party with all of the girls. So the dependent children girls dressed up in their best princess-wear and headed to Sabena's room for princess activities and candy.
The art professor on the ship is teaching a collage class and has twice set up a public art session for her class and the dependent kids. Tymitz Square, where they meet, gets very lively for these sessions.
An excellent bluegrass group, comprised of two father/son pairs, the music professor and a couple more people, have played at coffee houses and talent shows throughout the semester. Last night, they played a solo concert, attended by many!
The students organized a faculty/student game night. Above are my fellow Trivial Pursuit players.
Jesse is our steward, and he is terrific! What will we do without him to clean our rooms and bathrooms??!!
The students organized a faculty/student game night. Above are my fellow Trivial Pursuit players.
Jesse is our steward, and he is terrific! What will we do without him to clean our rooms and bathrooms??!!
The kids colored the Brazil Day/Earth Day sign, which we are celebrating today.
Steve and I waited for the lifeboat drill in our room. We think that was the final drill of the semester!
Asher points out the MV Explorer version of Facebook. Everyone is listed by name, photo and home institution on two large boards. The boards are a popular gathering spot for people to gaze at faces and try to remember names.
Asher points out the MV Explorer version of Facebook. Everyone is listed by name, photo and home institution on two large boards. The boards are a popular gathering spot for people to gaze at faces and try to remember names.
This is the stairway area just down the hall from us. We're in a good hallway, as it leads to crew areas, but not to other rooms, so we don't have a lot of traffic.
Here is a short clip from the bluegrass group performance:
I had presented a bit about World Theatre, including theatre in Brazil, for the large Global Studies course this week. Today on Brazil Day, I led a series of Augusto Boal exercises. Boal was a Brazilian theatre director who used theatre to effect social and political change. His book, "Games for Actors and NonActors" is filled with familiar theatre games that build community and explore issues. The dependent kids had an especially good time at the workshop.
Steve led an interesting session on religion of Brazil, focusing on the rise of the Pentacostal movement in relation to the Catholic Church.
We are getting ready to land in Salvador, Brazil, tomorrow and are really excited.
Here is a short clip from the bluegrass group performance:
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