{"id":3031,"date":"2015-10-22T11:08:42","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T15:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.rollins.edu\/wpsites\/letters\/?p=3031"},"modified":"2019-07-24T14:16:48","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T14:16:48","slug":"fall-break-eve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/2015\/10\/22\/fall-break-eve\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall Break Eve"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I sit in my desk at work my mind is filled with thoughts and anticipation about tomorrows early morning departure to my fall break adventure. Though I should probably start referring to it as autumn break after a colleague jokingly scolded me for using \u201cAmericanisms\u201d but that\u2019s a tale for a different day. We all reach that point in the semester right after midterms (shocker!) where we need a break, and being abroad is no different. Many will disagree and say \u201cyou\u2019re whole semester is a vacation,\u201d and to them I say \u201cyou\u2019re right,\u201d but it is one exhausting vacation. I dare say that in some aspects I\u2019m busier in London than I am at Rollins. Here, I work 20 hours a week in addition to taking three classes, and though the workload is lighter, we still have homework, projects, tests, and papers. Another aspect that makes studying abroad a tiring experience is the fact that there is so much to do and see, and I want to do and see it all. While at Rollins most of my weekends consist of lounging by the pool and dining on Park Avenue but my weekends in London are filled with walking around the city from morning till night. Getting into bed after a long day of doing amazing things is one of the best feelings, and one I have very often here.<\/p>\n

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Borough Market<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tomorrow, four friends and me are embarking on a journey to Prague, Berlin, Amsterdam, Brussels, and Paris. I know what you might be thinking \u201c5 cities in 10 days\u2026that doesn\u2019t sound relaxing at all\u201d and it probably won\u2019t be. Our days are going to be filled with activities, walking tours, and long bus rides, but that is part of the experience of travelling as a student. When I say I need a break I don\u2019t mean it in the sleeping-and-Netflix-all-day sort of way, I mean it in the breaking away from the class-work routine I\u2019ve been under for over a month.<\/p>\n

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Painted Hall in Greenwich<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fall break is the only long vacation we have while abroad, which is why I wanted to explore as many countries as possible, since I have never visited Europe before and don\u2019t know when I\u2019ll be back. As the end of what has felt like the longest week of my life, fall break: I\u2019m ready for you!<\/p>\n

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Crossrail Place Rooftop Garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As I sit in my desk at work my mind is filled with thoughts and anticipation about tomorrows early morning departure to my fall break adventure. Though I should probably start referring to it as autumn break after a colleague jokingly scolded me for using \u201cAmericanisms\u201d but that\u2019s a tale for a different day. We…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":452,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-capa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3031","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\/452"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3031"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17181,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3031\/revisions\/17181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}