we were onboard: watched movies together in the auditorium, staged a talent show (and, wow, were there some talented folks), stargazed on the top deck, attended evening lectures on the oceans or countries we were moving through, woke up for sunrise yoga, held book clubs (including one for The Defining Decade), screened video “shorts” they made about the trip, played giant games of Twister or Spoons, put on a fashion show to model the clothes they bought around the world, and tutored the “ship kids” (faculty kids, like mine, who were being “homeschooled” at sea).

