Pictures from the Ambassador's Ball, Pulling into Boston, and Other Times on the Ship

(sitting in the captain's chair during my bridge tour!)

(we take lifeboat drills very seriously)

(Kendra and I messing around in our cabin)

(nothing in sight but this)

(sunset)

(sailing under the Bosphorus bridge)

(me and my ship)

(Drew's awesome "love is..." project)

(Craig and I)

(this is what I would wake up to every morning)

(my henna!)

(me, Craig, Caroline, and Kendra before the Ambassador's Ball)

(Samantha, me, Alison, Kendra, Mish)

(beautiful)

(me and my wonderful boss, Drew)

(Victoria, my friend from China!)

(Dr. Kraft, my Adolescence professor)

(Jeff and I with Beth Hellwig, the Dean of Students)

(Dr. Manning, my Race, Class, and Gender professor)

(the captain!!)

(Perry! everyone's favorite busboy)

(Rich and Deb, my favorite people on the ship)

(Shametrice, my Race, Class, and Gender TA)

(love our crew)

(Tommy)

(Staci!)

(Debra and Staci)

(Mary, Lindsay, Brittany, me)

(yay!)

(Lindsay and I at the stalker board)

(aww Lindsay!)

(MK and I)

(Yvonne from the campus store, one of my favorite crew members)

(Kendra and I, pulling into Boston)

(Staci and I, pulling into Boston)

(last group picture, pulling into Boston)

(me, Lindsay, Mary)

(there's Boston!)

(Cruise Port Boston)

(pictures from the fake Boston preport...if you can't tell what that is, it says, "White House Washington, DC," but the picture is of the Taj Mahal)

(another one)

(the real "Lifesaver Program" is SAS's concept of having a DD, except minus the driving part, which they talked about all the time...this is making fun of that program)

(common American phrases to help in port..."she's a tasty biscuit.")

(our berth in Boston..."Shuttle bus: every 90 min, noon-2pm")

(awww)

(crew talent show...singing "We are the World" waving the flags of their home countries)

(at the crew talent show)

(hahaha...oh, Drew...)

Pictures from Bulgaria, Turkey, and Morocco

(first step at the mud baths in Bulgaria)

(me and the roomies...I forgot my swim suit)

(mud!)

(Bulgaria)

(Nessebar, Bulgaria)

(bungee jumping over the Black Sea...scariest thing I've ever done)

(Lindsay and I at the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul)

(This is Jamal...he was the best salesman in the Bazaar)

(The New Mosque in Istanbul)

(walking through the Kumkapi area in Istanbul...incredible)

(Istiklal street in Istanbul...everything was still open at midnight...even the GAP!)

(inside the Hagia Sophia)

(Jeff and I, Hagia Sophia)

(me)

(again)

(Lindsay, Jill, and I outside the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul)

(Turkey)

(Kendra and I with Emre, we had a 2 hour long conversation with him inside his shop. One of my favorite memories)

(the group out to dinner along the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul)

(me with the guard at the Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul)

(Dolmabahce Palace, one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen)

(a bridge on the Asian side of Turkey)

(on the ship in my Turkey soccer jersey with Istanbul in the background)

(out for dessert at Rick's Cafe in Casablanca)

('Casablanca' playing at Rick's, where the movie was filmed)

(the video outside the window on the train. Africa.)

(Tangine, traditional Moroccan food, delicious)

(at one of the coolest gardens I've ever seen in Marrakech)

(me and Samantha being silly)

(lilypads!)

(in the garden)

(garden)

(Alison, Samantha, and I at the garden)

(camels!)

(riding a camel in the Palm Grove of Marrakech)

(their faces just crack me up)

(so much fun!)

(inside the Berber Pharmacy...this room was filled with jars of natural substances. So cool.)

(minaret on the famous mosque in Marrakech...I'm blanking on the name...)

(snake charmers!)

(there were monkeys everywhere too...I wanted to hold one, but we didn't have time)

(Lindsay and I at Rick's on our last night in Casablanca)

(Victoria and I at a palace in Turkey)