{"id":11189,"date":"2018-06-14T17:35:26","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T21:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.rollins.edu\/wpsites\/letters\/?p=11189"},"modified":"2019-07-09T16:27:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T16:27:00","slug":"plaza-de-toros-de-las-ventas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/2018\/06\/14\/plaza-de-toros-de-las-ventas\/","title":{"rendered":"Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_5295-225x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13887 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_5295-225x300-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While studying abroad during\u00a0the Verano Espa\u00f1ol program, my classmates and I had the opportunity to attend a bullfight at La Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas. \u00a0Before coming to Spain, bullfighting was one of the cultural activities that I was particularly excited about seeing\u00a0since it is such a controversial and unique contest that is unlike any other. \u00a0Though the ultimate goal of killing the bull can be very disturbing to many, it was exhilarating to watch a contest between a human and a beast. \u00a0Additionally, there was a sense of respect for the animals\u00a0that cannot be understood unless one attends this event. \u00a0The crowd roared for the bull when it was able to defend itself and when the bull is finally put to rest, its body is\u00a0used for all\u00a0purposes. \u00a0I would not recommend this event to those who have a weak stomach, but for those who are trying to get out of their comfort zone a bit and immerse themselves in a Spanish tradition, I highly recommend attending a bullfight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While studying abroad during\u00a0the Verano Espa\u00f1ol program, my classmates and I had the opportunity to attend a bullfight at La Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas. \u00a0Before coming to Spain, bullfighting was one of the cultural activities that I was particularly excited about seeing\u00a0since it is such a controversial and unique contest that is unlike&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-verano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11189"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13888,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11189\/revisions\/13888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}