R.A.T. Your Rodent Around-the-World Traveler (a.k.a. Raz)

Hi, My name is R.A.T., which stands for Rodent Around-the-World Traveler (I like to think it stands for Rodent Adventure Traveler), but everyone here calls me Raz for short. I would love to share my adventures with you. I left my rat family in early January to seek adventure. Everyone said "head west young rat," so that is what I did. I headed west to San Diego, California where I ran out of land and had to hop on a ship to continue my journey. It turns out that the ship I found was going west around the world--a dream come true! The MV Explorer is home to the famous Semester at Sea study abroad program. My shipmates include 629 college students and about 150 faculty, staff, lifelong learners, and family members. Things are really busy here on the ship and even busier when we are in port. Come follow me vicariously as I take this incredible journey. Yours, R.A.T.

P.S. I had such a great time on the voyage that the adventure continues!!!!



Thursday, April 30, 2015

Londontown

The made us disembark the ship in England. But that was okay. I was able to stay here in this amazing palace. This really wasn't a palace and I was not able to manage to visit the queen, but we were treated like royalty and the building was beautiful. It was built as the Midland Railway Hotel over 125 years ago where people could stay overnight and then catch a train in the morning, which is what we did. Just another fun note about the building: it appears in a couple of the Harry Potter movies!
Here I am with my friends snuggled in a very comfortable bed.

We visited this snooty lion. I guess he has a right to be proud. He guards the doors of the British Museum.
Inside we saw the famous Elgin Marbles. I though marbles were round!
I then read the caption and learned that the sculptures were once part of a very famous building in ancient Greece. Apparently the sculptures are made out of marble (hence being called "marbles") and were named after Lord Elgin who took them from the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.



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