The document describes the author's experience working as a shopgirl and social hostess on cruise ships over a two year period. It details the many ports they visited across Europe, the Americas, the Caribbean, Africa, Asia, and the South Pacific, totaling over 100 cities. The author reflects on gaining cultural experiences, foreign language skills, and forming friendships without borders during their time living and traveling via cruise ship.

3. Cruise Ship Boutique staff or “Shoppies” as they are known, have probably got the best hours of anyone on board! With all that time in port I was free to explore & adventure in places I had only ever dreamed of seeing.

4. The Costa Victoria My Home for over a year

5. Madeira, Portugal

6. Madeira, Portugal

7. Mykonos, Greece

8. La Valetta, Malta

9. Pompeii, Italy

10. Pompeii, Italy

12. Palma Mallorca, Spain

13. Grand Prix Track, Monte Carlo

14. San Juan, Puerto Rico with mom!

15. Antigua

17. Cadiz, Spain My 2 years as a Shoppie brought me to over 100 different cities, many of which began to feel like home. I picked up one foreign language, improved upon another and perfected two more. I came back to Toronto a cultured and grown woman with the precious memories and invaluable experiences that educated me far more than any institution ever could have.

21. Bora Bora New Caledonia

23. My Cruising Accomplishments Equator Crossings Transatlantic Voyages Transpacific Voyages Panama Canal Crossings International Dateline Crossings Grand Voyage Mediterranean Grand Voyage South Pacific & Australasia

24. The Americas Canada Mexico United States Costa Rica Panama San Blas Island Argentina Brazil Colombia Uruguay Venezuela

25. The Caribbean & Atlantic Ocean Islands Anguilla Antigua Aruba Bahamas Barbados Barbuda Bermuda Cayman Islands Dominica Dominican Republic Martinique Puerto Rico San Andres & Providencia St. Barts St. Kitts & Nevis St. Lucia St. Maarten St. Martin

26. Turks & Caicos Islands Virgin Islands; U.S. (St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas) Virgin Islands; British (Tortola, etc.) Azores Islands Canary Islands Cape Verde Islands Madeira The Caribbean & Atlantic Ocean Islands

27. The Mediterranean Balearic Islands (Mallorca, Minorca, Ibiza) Corsica Crete Cyprus France Malta Monaco Portugal Sardinia Sicily Greece Ionian Islands (Corfu, etc.) Dodecanese Is. (Rhodes) Italy Spain Vatican City

28. North Africa, The Maghreb & The Middle East Algeria Gibraltar Morocco Senegal Cape Verde Tunisia Turkey

29. South Pacific & Australasia Australia Cook Islands French Polynesia (Tahiti: Morea, Bora Bora) Hawaiian Islands Midway Island New Caldedonia Pitcairn Island Solomon Islands Tonga (Nukualofa)