{"id":12955,"date":"2019-06-11T08:19:49","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T12:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.rollins.edu\/wpsites\/letters\/?p=12955"},"modified":"2019-07-08T15:24:11","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T15:24:11","slug":"el-retiro-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/2019\/06\/11\/el-retiro-park\/","title":{"rendered":"El Retiro Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/pGEx4SuSOJCfJIfBWuXg_thumb_5af-225x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13255 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/pGEx4SuSOJCfJIfBWuXg_thumb_5af-225x300-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As part of the Verano Espa\u00f1ol study abroad program, our student site leaders coordinate weekly cultural activities, from museum visits to cable car rides. Their purpose is to engage us with the Spanish culture with as much breadth and depth as possible. One of my favorite activities has been a stroll through Retiro park, one of Madrid\u2019s most renowned sites. It\u2019s filled with plenty of shady green spaces, caf\u00e9s with local cuisine, and beautiful statues in a glass palace tucked away deep in the park. On weekends artists line the main path, from young violinists playing an elegant tango to painters displaying their work. Retiro also has a breathtaking <em>rosaleda<\/em>, or rose garden, at its center. Without a doubt, it boasts perhaps the largest quantity of roses I have ever seen, complete with robust fountains and magnificent archways. All of these wonderful features have led me to\u00a0return to Retiro park countless times since my first visit early on in the program. I know I will never forget this special place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the Verano Espa\u00f1ol study abroad program, our student site leaders coordinate weekly cultural activities, from museum visits to cable car rides. Their purpose is to engage us with the Spanish culture with as much breadth and depth as possible. One of my favorite activities has been a stroll through Retiro park, one&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":482,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-verano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12955","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\/482"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12955"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13256,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12955\/revisions\/13256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}