First things first. This is my new home: The MV Oceanic II. She is one of the last remaining classic transatlantic (and in our case transpacific) ocean liners still in existance. She has sailed under many different names, the current being The Scholar Ship, but has had the same captain for over 30 years. She was picked for our program due to the incredible amount of public space available on board, along with larger and more comfortable rooms for the students. Fun Fact: The Scholar Ship program was within hours of signing a contract to use the original Love Boat as the ship when our boat, then called The Mona Lisa, came onto the market! Though we only have a student body of approximately 200 students, this ship could actually hold over 400 more passengers. Due to the large amount of beautiful wood interior, the MV Oceanic II will have to be decomissioned in 2010 as there is a large fire hazard and it would cost the owners over $70million to refit the boat.
At port in Portugal with a beautiful sunrise
Portugal with the 25th of April Bridge in the background
Our first day off the boat since Athens!
Gangway
My friend Sebastian from Sweden in front of the stack of our ship. Originally this stack had a large painting of the Mona Lisa on it (due to it's previous name) and TSS had to pay extra to the owner for repainting over it!
The bow (front) of the boat. Unfortunately we aren't allowed in this part of the boat and we can only see it through the windows of the Starlight Lounge
The Aft deck. This is the stern (back) of the boat and it is a common space for us all to use as we please
One of our MANY lifeboats - we love these!
This is our Pirate! (and Sebastian trying to perfect his Arghh!)
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